MLA and Advisor for School Education K.T Sukhalu said that Nagaland has too many government employees with more than 1,40,000 of them for a small state with a population of around 20 lakh, which is the highest in any state in the country.
He said this at a programme in Toluvi village over upgrading of Government Middle School to Government High School.
Sukhalu maintained that as per the order given by high court, every appointment including Grade IV post has to go through interview, and therefore, “now the government is not in a position to create new post”, this was reported by the Eastern Mirror.
He reiterated that the court had issued an order in 2016 ruling that every post to be appointed should be done through an interview process and those who do not go through recruitment process are not eligible for salaries. He added that ‘we should thank the civil societies and student bodies for demanding Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB)’.
He informed that very soon, the state government will issue a notification on the working staff pattern of all the schools to ensure so that schools neither have access nor shortage of teachers.