As a concerned citizen and a supporter of quality school education, I am obliged to ventilate demoralization being faced by the SSA 2010 and SSA & RMSA 2013 batches of teachers in Nagaland whose struggles continue silently beneath the weight of unjust systems and broken promises.
Below is an abridged voice of teacher friends who today work tirelessly as Head Teachers, Teacher In-charges, School IT operators and even village-based education tech champions while being denied their rightful dues.
Fact-Based Highlights
Shared Experiences from the Ground
1. “I’m a Head Teacher running my school with only four teachers. I haven’t been paid in four months, and my family survives on borrowed money. But I still show up for the students.”
2. “I handle DIKSHA and UDISE+ entries from a rural village with poor network. I use my own laptop and data. Yet, I’m told I’m ‘not regular enough’ to be promoted or paid on time.”
3. “I assist others in scholl PFMS and VSK and do all online submissions for my school. But my name is not in the seniority list. I feel invisible.” “Some of us are nearing retirement, but we don’t even know if we’ll get a pension. Younger teachers in the same department get GPF while we’re stuck in NPS.”
Discrimination in Plain Sight
1. Why are these mainstreamed teachers excluded from salary systems like SNA-SPARSH, while others in their own department are covered?
2. Why are Undertakings demanded for salaries, a basic right without audit transparency?
3. Why is there no promotional scope despite fulfilling MACP conditions and being regularised in function, if not in policy?
Appeal to Government and Public
To the Government of Nagaland:
a. Release all pending salaries (Feb–May) without conditions.
b. Remove the Undertaking clause for June salary.
c. Ensure SNA-SPARSH is implemented immediately for all teachers.
d. Include these teachers in the Departmental Seniority List (appointed through open advertisements & exams).
e. Finalize MACP and GPF status for 2013 batch.
f. Formulate a One-Time Regularization& Service Parity Policy.
To Civil Society, Media & Unions in Nagaland:
a. Amplify these voices.
b. Join in solidarity with NGTA and the affected teachers.
c. Question the silence on service injustice in education.
“We speak of digital India, quality educationand teachers as nation builders. But what kind of nation forgets its builders for 15 and 12 years and denying four months salaries?”
The aggrieved teachers are not looking for sympathy. They seek service dignity, salary justice and structural inclusion. I lend them my voice and ask that you all do too.
~ Jonathan
