Shillong, Sept 19: The Non Teaching Staff Association of the NEHU will hold indefinite strike in the examination department that they will begin tomorrow in protest against the function of the department.
The reason that they have decided to hold this protest that, Printing of Marksheets cannot be done due to the unavailability of consumables (UG Marksheet papers, Stickers/Mark List). The OSD was informed of the matter but no action was taken from his end about the issue, for the last three months.
Further, we learned that the papers having the necessary security features for printing Certificates (Migration, Degree, Provisional, etc.) for the passed out students since convocation are not available. No action has been taken by the OSD till date.
Most of the printers in Post Graduate Section and Certificate Cell are outdated and, most are out of order. The Concerned Officer, Purchase and Store (P&S) Section, has inquired whether there is a need to replace the heavy duty printer, but no comments was given by the OSD on the concerned file.
Despite the students making the required payments for postage charges involving their Transcripts, MPhil/PhD Thesis, important letters, etc., the Department was not in a position to post the mentioned documents due to non-availability of funds as the OSD never initiated the process of getting the funds allocated to the Department.
They were also informed that the required maintenance fees to Software Vendor for UG Computer Software, Upgradation of the Server/Network were not taken up for the last three years. This is a very critical issue since all the Examination Department’s Data is stored in this database.
After learning about the short comings and serious implications it would have upon the University as a whole and the students in particular, NEHUNSA as stakeholders, are deeply concerned as to which direction the University is heading under the present incumbent (OSD).
The future of the students of the University as well as those in the affiliated colleges is at stake if the current OSD is allowed to continue. Therefore in the General Body Meeting held by NEHUNSA on the 19th of September 2022 it was resolved that the Examination Department would go on Strike from the 20th of September 2022 until further notice.
The current osd retired as controller of examination on the 31st december 2020 and was extended as osd since then till date. It may be noted that for the interest of the students confidential section of Examination Department is exempted.
