Nagaland Government mulling State Education and Administrative Services

July 17, 2024 14 Views No Comment

22,333 employees under school education dept in Nagaland

Our Correspondent
Kohima | July 17

The Nagaland Government is considering a new mechanism to manage the affairs of the state’s education system, stated Dr Kekhrielhoulie Yhome, Advisor for School Education & SCERT today.

“We are contemplating that we will soon create new leadership to oversee the state’s education affairs, namely the Nagaland Education Administrative Service, and also the Nagaland Education Service,” he added, addressing the inaugural session of the state-level training programme for District Master Trainers on Mapping of BEACON schools, Tracking of Learning Progress, and Nagaland Literacy & Numeracy Fest 2024 in Kohima.

He further highlighted that the State’s School Education Department has 22,333 employees as of December 31, 2023, with 831 employees retiring last year.

Being the second-largest workforce after the Nagaland Police department, the Advisor opined that the department spends more money than the police department in terms of “our resources.”

The department received Rs 830 crore last year, with Rs 4 crore allocated for annual maintenance and developmental activities, while the remainder goes towards the salary component, he added.

He also informed that Nagaland received around Rs 500 crore from the Government of India (GoI) through Samagra Shiksha, which mostly goes towards the salary component.

“The money we receive is substantial, but we must understand that our infrastructure, which was built many years ago, is on the verge of collapse,” he said, adding that a team will be sent to all the schools to assess the status of the infrastructure.

Dr Yhome also informed that the department is initiating delimitation of its educational administrative area, for which a team will be sent accordingly to all the schools.

Stating that the data had already been obtained, he said the department will try to identify those schools that were merged 30 years ago.

The department is also pursuing with the GoI to conduct delimitation of Educational Block Resource Centres (EBRCs) in the state, he added.

Currently, there are 46 EBRCs in the State.

“We have created new districts so we need to rationalise our administrative area,” he explained.

On the matter of transfer and posting of teachers, Dr Yhome said, “We are trying to work out a rational approach where equity can be maintained among teachers.” The department has four categories of employees, including Grade III and IV staff.

“We have regular, ad hoc, contract, and contingency staff,” he said. The department will act on the State Government’s proposal to fill vacancies for those who have served for 10 years, he added.