IMPHAL, April 20: The All Manipur Students`™ Union (AMSU) would form a `Human Chain`™ by April 22 to safeguard the Catholic Schools in their effort to resume normal classes if the schools fail to reopen by April 21.
Expressing serious concern over the chance of the students losing academic career studying in catholic schools, AMSU president Sanasam Subhashchandra during a press conference held at AMSU, head office stated that the Catholic Schools have stopped their classes since April 1 and this is not the time to remain as silent spectators over the issue.
However, if the schools cannot resume normal classes by April 21, then the student body will form `Human Chains`™ if necessary around each of the Catholic schools to guard them and enable normal classes to resume.
AMSU president further said that it is important for all the guardians of the State; others allied individuals or organisations to extend their support and cooperation for the Catholic schools to reopen.
The AMSU president later added that the demand of the particular UG group may have been considered if it was placed not only against the catholic schools but the demand was enforced only to the catholic schools but not to other private schools.
The student body (AMSU) further appealed to the particular UG group to review their decision or arrange an alternative means so that it will not hurt or harm the academic careers of the students as there are about 17000 students missing their classes due to the impasse.
Subhashchandra explained that the decision was taken by the students`™ body not to challenge any individual, group or organisation but for the welfare of the students.
As the State has no industrial resources and others means to bring up the society except through Human resource the students should be given the right to education and make education a disturbance free zone he added.
He lamented that although there have been many appeals for the schools to resume classes there has been no assistance from the government`™s side.
AMSU also appealed to all the Catholic schools authorities for the immediate resumption of normal classes by April 21.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Students`™ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has said in a press release that classes in some catholic schools were resumed today following a prolonged closure.
The student body has also expressed belief that the remaining catholic schools will also resume classes from April 21 without further delay.
DESAM has appealed to the parents and school authorities to actualize this belief and for all schools to continue normal classes from April 21.
The organisation also strongly disapproves of teachers who did not come to school on time and has appealed the teachers to come on time from next day as usual, it said.