Hindi test irks NEFIS

IMPHAL | Sept 19

North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) activists along with a several Northeast students from Satyawati college (Evening) submitted a memorandum to the principal of the college demanding exemption from the Compulsory Hindi Test.

A release terming the move of Satyawati college as administrative overreach, it said such a measure is in contravention with resolution number 10 passed by the University’s Academic Council on July 19, 2016. NEFIS submitted the evidence of the Academic Council resolution following which the principal assured that the decision to impose the test on Northeast students will be withdrawn. 

It maintained that students from the Northeast should not be forced to give Hindi proficiency test, who are not from the Hindi-speaking belt. The said notice was served on September 14 by the college authorities.

IMPHAL | Sept 19

North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) activists along with a several Northeast students from Satyawati college (Evening) submitted a memorandum to the principal of the college demanding exemption from the Compulsory Hindi Test.

A release terming the move of Satyawati college as administrative overreach, it said such a measure is in contravention with resolution number 10 passed by the University’s Academic Council on July 19, 2016. NEFIS submitted the evidence of the Academic Council resolution following which the principal assured that the decision to impose the test on Northeast students will be withdrawn. 

It maintained that students from the Northeast should not be forced to give Hindi proficiency test, who are not from the Hindi-speaking belt. The said notice was served on September 14 by the college authorities.

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