Meghalaya Education Minister Rakkam A. Sangma has called for an immediate resolution to the ongoing crisis at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), where students have been demanding the ouster of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla.
Agitating students under the banner of the North Eastern Hill University Students' Union (NEHUSU) and the Khasi Students' Union (KSU - NEHU Unit) on Monday announced their decision to allow classes to be resumed from December 3 and to stage an indefinite two-hour sit-in-demonstration till the demand for removal of the incumbent Vice Chancellor Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla is achieved.
The incumbent vice chancellor of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla has extended his leave till December 13, following protests and pending of the inquiry into the alleged mismanagement and administrative failures within the university.
A conglomeration of traditional headmen, women groups and other civil organizations of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo Hills under the banner of the Meghalaya Indigenous Tribes Constitutional Rights Movement (MITCRM) has requested the intervention of the President of India Droupadi Murmu for the immediate removal of the incumbent Vice Chancellor of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla for alleged mismanagement and administrative failures that has led to the present crisis in the university.
The Ministry of Education has granted 15 days extension to the two-member committee probing into the allegations of mismanagement and administrative failures in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) to submit its report.
The North Eastern Hill University Teachers' Association (NEHUTA) on Friday slammed the vice chancellor Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla for trying to blame the association, state government, students and non teaching staff for the current crisis in the university.
The Vice Chancellor of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla, has made an urgent appeal to the Central Government to address the escalating unrest in the university campus. He has also sought security to enable his return to the university on December 2.
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Cabinet minister and government spokesperson Ampareen Lyngdoh on Tuesday asserted the need for the Central government to consult the state government on matters of appointments especially the vice chancellor of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
