Sinlung /
16 September 2011

ATSUM Calls Off Manipur Bandh

ATSUMImphal, Sept 16 : All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) proposed 36-hour bandh in Manipur has been called off with immediate effect following an understanding with the State government.

Appealing to tribal candidates not to appear for the examination in Imphal centres, ATSUM earlier had announced a 36-hour bandh in Manipur’s hill areas with effect from 5am of September 15 till 5pm of the following day, demanding Teachers Eligibility Test(TET) examination centres in hill districts.

“The total hill district bandh regarding TET exam has been called off with immediate effect,” said ATSUM’s speaker Emboi Serto in a press release which was made available to the local press.

After a marathon meeting with the government, ATSUM accepted the government’s version of its difficulty in arranging the exam centre as it is the first time that TET exam is being conducted.

The government assured that the next TET exam will be conducted in the hill districts also. That the next teacher’s recruitment will also be done on the district cadre norms – a teacher once recruited for a district cannot be transferred out of the district, the release added.

With these assurances, ATSUM, therefore, called off the total bandh with immediate effect, it added.

State government in a move to streamline the teachers’ recruitment process, is all set to hold TET at 110 examination centres in and around Imphal on September 16.

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