The Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) has strongly opposed the All Nagaland Government College Teachers’ Association’s (ANGCTA) demand for regularisation of guest, ad hoc, and contract teachers. In a memorandum submitted to the Nagaland Chief Secretary and the Minister for Higher Education on August 7, the forum described the demand as ‘wholly unacceptable’ and argued that it would undermine merit-based recruitment and the role of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC).
The NNQF pointed out that the people of Nagaland had already rejected such a proposal during the statewide protests against the attempted regularisation of 147 assistant professors and librarians in 2025. The forum maintained that appointments to government colleges should be made only through the Combined Educational Services Examination (CESE) conducted by the NPSC, and that no individual can claim regular appointment to a public post by bypassing this process.
The forum further alleged that many contractual appointments in the Higher Education Department were made without public advertisement or an open competitive selection process, depriving eligible candidates of the opportunity to apply. It argued that regularising such appointments would legitimise backdoor entry into public service and undermine the principles of fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity in public recruitment.
The NNQF also opposed the blanket demand for regularisation across universities and government colleges, noting that appointments to these institutions are governed by different statutory frameworks and appointing authorities. While clarifying that it has no objection to the rest of ANGCTA’s charter of demands, the forum urged the government to reject Point No. 9 and maintain the NPSC CESE as the only recruitment mechanism for assistant professors and librarians in government colleges.
The forum called on the government to reject any proposal for the regularisation or absorption of guest, ad hoc, and contract teachers in government colleges, ensure that all existing and future vacancies are filled only through open competitive recruitment by the NPSC, and review contractual appointments made without public advertisement or competitive selection.
The NNQF also sought the termination of the services of the 147 contract assistant professors in government colleges and urged the government to immediately create regular posts against those positions. Questioning ANGCTA’s continued demand for regularisation, the forum said the state government had already addressed the issue following public protests in 2025 and that the matter is currently before the court.
The forum warned that if any attempt is made to implement Point No. 9 or bypass the NPSC CESE through regularisation or absorption, its members would be compelled to launch statewide protests similar to those held against the attempted regularisation of the 147 assistant professors and librarians. The NNQF reserved the right to pursue all lawful remedies to ensure that appointments to public posts are made only through the prescribed recruitment process and in accordance with the principles of merit, transparency, and equal opportunity.
