IMPHAL, February 24: Education Minister Moirangthem Okendro has declared the formation of a high level enquiry committee to look into the issues of CBSE institutes in the State.
Speaking at a press conference held today at SSA office, Babupara the Education Minister further stated that students whose admit cards were denied by CBSE authority cannot be intervene by the state government for this year batch as it is already very late.
Neither the institutes nor the students came up with this issue when there was time, but now the State government cannot do anything on the verge of the exam, he maintained.
Students whose admit cards were denied have to give the exam in the coming year, he added.
The Minister further said that an enquiry committee will investigate the matter thoroughly and after getting all the reports of all the unregistered schools and colleges; strict action will be taken up.
He said that strict actions will be taken up against MM Higher Secondary, Wangkhei and Little Rose Higher Secondary School, Canchipur for admitting fake students in their institutes.
The Minister informed that a cabinet meeting held on March 5, 2011 had resolved to permit only two institutes in every district to provide no objection certificate (NOC); however this norm is not being followed by the institutes in the State.
As of now Imphal East District has already 17 CBSE institutes and the rest are yet to be known which the enquiry committee will investigate into at the earliest, he said.
Establishing too many institutes for the sake of business is one bottleneck to bring quality education in the state, he maintained and added that the number of candidates appearing for X and XII is also degrading year after year which is a great concern for the state.
Education Secretary H Dilip speaking at conference informed that a committee has been formed to monitor the upcoming CBSE examination with one supervisor in all the 25 centres across the State.
The press conference was also attended by Education Secretary H Dilip, CoHSEM Chairman W Authur, Board Secretary Ch Sarat and Council Secretary Kh Sarangjit Education and Joint Secretary Abdul Salam.