Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 27:
Issuing an ultimatum the All Manipur Hill Districts Contract Basis Teachers' Association has today warned that if the Government does not look into their grievances and demands immediately then they would be constrained to impose a general strike on November 30 from 6 am till 6 pm.
Schools and educational institutions will be exempted from the bandh.
In a statement, the Association said that despite many reminders and representations, the Government has turned a deaf ear to their pleas and added that the Education Department (Hills) in connivance with the Government has betrayed the hill people in general and the students in particular.
To air their woes and grievances, the Association observed November 20, 2007 as "Rape of Education in the Hills-Day", it said and added that all the offices of the ZEOs in the hill districts have since been closed indefinitely.
The teachers have also appealed to ATSUM and others to extend their co-operation to their demands.