MNF snubs NCMEI’s order on minority status
Aizawl, March 18, 2010: The opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) yesterday took strong exception to the new rulings of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) that require 30 per cent students from a minority community for an institution to claim minority status.
The MNF, in a statement, expressed fear that the country’s best known Christian schools and colleges could lose minority status as their students comprised less than 30 per cent from the community.
“The new orders of the NCMEI will have far reaching impact on the Christian-run institutions in particular and the Christian community in the country in general,” the statement said.
The MNF, led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga, also expressed anguish over the absence of a Christian representative in the Commission as ‘the NCMEI is required to have members from the Sikh and Christian communities in addition to a Muslim representative’.
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