Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 06 2010:
The Co-ordination Committee on Free Education Zone today appealed to all section of the society to participate in the proposed mass rally to be held on November 10 for making education- a free zone.
The rally will be started from THAU ground, Thangmeiband at 10 am and after covering some places around the Imphal area will converge at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium where a public meeting will be convened, said a leaflet distributed by the organizers.
The rally is being organized jointly by 16 bodies � All Manipur Elementary School Teacher Association (AMESTA), All Manipur Secondary School Teachers Association (AMSSTA), All Manipur Higher Secondary Lecturer Welfare Association (AMHSLWA), All Manipur Government College Association (AMCTA), All Manipur Government Aided College Teachers Association, Manipur (AMGACTA), Government College Teachers Association, Manipur (GOCTAM), ITI Employee Association, Manipur (ITIEAM), CBSE Monitoring Cell, Catholic Education Society Manipur, All Manipur Recognize Private Schools Welfare Association (AMRPSWA), All Manipur Students' Guardian Organisation (AMSGO), Teacher and Medical Officer Association, RIMS (TAMOA, RIMS), Central Agriculture University Teacher & Scientist Association (CAUTASA), All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) and Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM).
The leaflet while expressing concern over the disturbances given to the education sectors asserted that these bodies have been demanding for making the education a free zone since 2006.On July 5, 2008, a rally participated by around one lakh population was marched in Imphal.
Like the previous rally, they appealed to the people to make the proposed rally a success.