IMPHAL, February 22: The All Tribal Students`™ Union, Manipur has vehemently condemned the attack on COHSEM officials including its chairman at Lilong Haoreibi College after a mob reacted violently against the expulsion of three students for copying and impersonation during the examination, a press release from ATSUM said.
The press release further said any kind of using unfair means in the examination whether it is copying from friends, guidebook of textbook or getting help from friends and invigilators etc tantamount to fraud. Such practices have put the education system in Manipur at low ebb, it said.
Now with the help of dynamic bureaucrats in the education department, much has been done to do away with malpractices in order to cleanse the education system in Manipur, it said.
Senior citizens or parents abetting the dismantling of the eight vehicles of the COHSEM flying squad including those of the council`™s Chairman, Secretary and SDO of Lilong was reckless and intolerable in a civilized society, it said, adding it was a disgrace and Lilong Haoreibi College had tarnished the image of the education department.
The order issued by the Deputy Secretary, Higher and Technical education department, blacklisting Lilong Haoreibi College in view of the illegal, unlawful and undesirable acts against officials of COHSEM is justified, it said.
The three students who are held responsible for the cause of the mob attack should be given stringent punishment. The OCs of the examination and uniformed men on duty should not be left scot free as they are directly or indirectly related to the pandemonium, it added.
`Clean examination`™ is a catchy quote and keeping the examination clean needs the overall efforts and contribution of us all, big and small.
Flying squad or invigilators or for that matter the education department alone cannot cleanse the system of mass copying in examinations. While cleaning the system of education, administrators, educationists and civil societies should not leave any stone unturned to do away with the system of mass copying, unfair means etc, it said, adding the parents or guardians are also asked to instruct their children to keep away from the practice of copying, stated the press release issued by ATSUM general secretary, Vareiyo Shatsang.
Meanwhile, the All Manipur Government Higher Secondary Lecturers`™ Welfare Association and CPI(M-L) Liberation, Manipur State Committee have also strongly condemned the incident in two separate press releases.