Shillong, Aug 30: At least 22 of the 75 colleges affiliated with the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Meghalaya are yet to shift to the 4-year undergraduate course despite the deadline set by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The teachers’ union is actively protesting the university’s push for the course, officials said on Tuesday.
Meghalaya Teachers’ College Association (MCTA) general secretary Dr. Airpeace W. Rani informed that 22 colleges affiliated with the NEHU university are boycotting the first semester classes and not undertaking any assignments under the new policy.
The association has petitioned vice chancellor Prof. PS Shukla to withdraw the July 12 notification mandating the implementation of NEP 2020 across all affiliated colleges.
Rani said that they served the representation on July 21, and since he remained silent, we started the ongoing non-cooperation movement on August 1.
We have been agitated for nearly a month. We request the VC to withdraw this notification and end the stalemate, Rani said.
Rani also said that the proceedings of the Academic Council did not mention anything about the implementation of NEP 2020.
Meanwhile, the NEHU VC has commended the resolution by the rest of the affiliated colleges in swiftly adopting the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) as envisioned in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020).
Also, the vice chancellor has appealed to the agitating college teachers union to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve any concerns and invited the MCTA for an open discussion to achieve an amicable resolution.
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