Meghalaya: Tribal teachers back NEHU students' demand for registrar's removal

Shillong: The Meghalaya Tribal Teachers' Association (MeTTA) at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) has joined the NEHU Students' Union's (NEHUSU) demand for termination of the services of Registrar, Col (Retd) Omkar Singh.

MeTTA also supports the NEHU Teachers' Association's (NEHUTA) demand for the removal of two newly appointed Deputy Registrars, citing incompetence and lack of fitness to manage the administration.

The organisation expressed concerns over alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Registrar and Deputy Registrars, stating they have "no knowledge of the rules, regulations, and administrative procedures".

The association also claimed qualified and experienced candidates from various state government departments were overlooked for the Deputy Registrar posts, only to be replaced by less deserving candidates lacking university administration experience.

Furthermore, MeTTA alleged irregularities in the recent appointment of contractual posts in the Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP), where qualified candidates were denied interviews, while less qualified ones secured appointments.