IMPHAL, Nov 26 ? Monitoring the education system under its Operation New Kangleipak, armed cadres of the banned underground Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, (KYKL) abducted eight teachers including two lady teachers of the National Institute of Open Schools, Manipur. They shot at the legs of the six male teachers and caned black and blue the two women.
The punishments were meted out after the teachers were paraded before select mediamen on Wednesday night for their being the bane in ushering in quality education, a spokesman of the outfit told the newsmen in a press meet somewhere in Ukhrul district. The outfit has taken prompt action after several student bodies and Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh have written to the Centre to check maladministration in these centres.
To monitor the functioning of the NIOS centres in Manipur, the Chief Minister had convened a meeting of the Education Minister, the Chief Secretary and officers of the Education Department recently and decided that a co-ordinator of the NIOS should be permanently posted in Manipur to monitor the functioning of the institutes.
The spokesperson further said the punishments were given as the teachers violated rules and regulations for running such educational centres in the state. Teachers were collecting Rs 4000 to Rs 5000 from each student while selling written answer scripts and xerox copies of the same to students and allowed mass copying during NIOS?s class X and XII examinations. All the injured teachers have been given medical treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, hospital sources said.