Imphal, Jul 2 : Students in Manipur attend classes for hardly 90 days as the educational institutions here remained closed, on an average, for 275 days in a year in view of the frequent bandhs, blockades, holidays and militancy.
State’s number of annual general holidays is 27 which is comparatively higher, Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) said in a statement here.
According to the statement, the number of working days in educational institutes in the year 2005 and 2006 were 90 and 120 days.
“The situation is alarming when compared with the statistics of other States including NE States”, L C Santosh, a functionary of the students’ body felt.
Educational institutions in states like Karnataka and Kerala opens 245 to 250 days a year. Even in the NE States, Assam and Meghalaya managed to have not less than 200 days of classes.
The time has come for every one to wake up and do something to change the system in the State, another functionary of DESAM said while demanding a policy in this regard.
The disturbances come in many forms. Today, it is not uncommon to see students and teachers taking to the streets to protest the monetary demands served on their institute by armed groups.
Bandhs and blockades are the main trouble makers in the education atmoshphere. In 2006-07, there were around 42 bandhs and 77 blockades in Manipur. This year (till May), the State had already witnessed 24 bandhs.
Acknowledging the situation and spending a huge amount annually, thousands of guardians in the State were compelled to send their children outside the State for further studies once they passed matric or 10+2 examinations.
In a move to appeal to everyone to make education a Free Zone, hectic preparations are on to hold a mass public rally in the State on July 5 under the aegis of DESAM.
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