Imphal, December 28: In connection with the preparation being made by the State Gov to recruit teachers, All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) and Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) have issued strong warning against indulging in any form of corrupt practices at any stage of the recruitment process.

Addressing a press conference at AMSU Hqs today, DESAM secy gen PC Newton welcomed the move being made by the Govt but made it clear there should not be any political influences or corruption at any stage of recruiting the teachers.

AMSU and DESAM are also prepared to unmask and punish any aspiring candidates if they were found greasing the palm of the corrupt Ministers, MLAs and officials to get a back-door entry to the recruitment, he informed.

Maintaining that the recruitment rule being followed by the Manipur Govt has not been updated keeping with the need of the time, Newton pointed out that the said rule is based on the one which was formulated way back in 1970 when Manipur was under the status of Territorial Council.

Prescribing the educational qualification for primary teachers as matriculate and undergraduate is not in keeping with the changing time, he contended, adding that only the general qualification of the candidates had been mentioned in the advertisement brought out by the Government without any yardstick for determining the standard of the would-be teachers.

In the said advertisement, no mention has also been made that preference would be given to the trained and experienced candidates, he said.

In this competitive age, Newton asserted, the Government should find out and include some more essential features in the existing recruitment rule before carrying out the recruitment procedure.

Otherwise, the recruitment process and the DPC should not be carried out in a hasty manner, he added.

AMSU vice-president E Ratankumar, while noted that the results of the written test and viva-voce conducted in the past for recruitment of teachers have not been declared till today, said no such thing should be tolerated this time.

He opined that selection of qualified candidates for primary to graduate level might be possible if the conduct of the written examinations is handed over to either the Council or the Board.

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