Manipur: Schools reopen today for classes 9 to 12 after 2 months
Op IndiaThe schools in Manipur reopened today following a two-month break. Director L Nandakumar Singh of the Directorate of Education informed, “All Zonal Education Officers under the Department of Education, Schools Manipur are hereby directed to inform all concerned and take up necessary actions accordingly. Manipur has a total of 4,617 schools and about 6,000 students of various standards are displaced due to unrest that started two months prior there. The first clashes occurred on 3 May following a “Tribal Solidarity March” organised by the All Tribal Students Union of Manipur in the hill areas to oppose the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status. Tensions rose in April as a result of a Manipur High Court decision ordering the state administration to make a decision regarding the Scheduled Tribe status issue.