Protest staged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 14 2011:
Demanding withdrawal of monetary demand of proscribed PREPAK (Progressive) group, students, guardians and teachers of International Public School staged a Wakat Meepham at Brahmapur Mange Makhong today.
The armed outfit has reportedly served a demand note of Rs 1 lakh to the school which has only 74 students in classes from pre-nursery to class I .
Talking to mediapersons on the sideline of the protest demonstration, founder principal of the school Gurumayum Purnima informed that the school started functioning in 2006 with just 7 students.
The monthly income of the school is just Rs 10,340 and nothing is left after giving away the salary of the teachers and staff.
Two youths who identified themselves as cadres of PREPAK (Progressive) group have come to the school and conveyed through one of the staff for payment of Rs 1 lakh.
No written demand had been served.
But after that, many smses are being send through her personal mobile phones threatening against failure of couching up the amount demand.
One of the sms directed to pay at least Rs 30,000 by tomorrow through contribution among the teachers, the founder principal disclosed.