The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers Group (ANATG) — 2015 Batch announced on Thursday, February 12, 2026, that it will shift the venue of its ongoing agitation and hunger strike to the Directorate of School Education (DoSE) from Friday, escalating pressure on the state government to resolve the long-pending regularisation of 1,166 teachers. The group says the move aims to force direct engagement with the department responsible for teacher management after what it describes as repeated assurances without any concrete timeline or firm policy commitment.
The teachers began sustained protests on February 4, 2026, seeking regularisation for adhoc teachers appointed prior to 2015. ANATG-2015 officials said relocating the protest and the hunger strike to DoSE premises is intended to prompt immediate administrative intervention and to dramatise the urgency of the issue for affected teachers and their families.
Reiterating the core demand, the body said delays in regularisation have produced professional uncertainty, financial distress and social hardship for hundreds of households. “Repeated assurances without tangible outcomes have left us with no option but to intensify our democratic agitation,” ANATG-2015 representatives said, appealing to the School Education Department and DoSE for urgent dialogue and resolution while warning that the protest will escalate if demands remain unmet.
The School Education Department pointed to earlier measures: following a representation in 2021 and protests in September–October 2022, a High Powered Committee (HPC) was formed and submitted its report in June 2023. In February 2024 the state cabinet adopted a policy for regularising contract and adhoc employees, the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly passed a resolution in March 2024, and a one-time regularisation policy was notified on March 16, 2024, applying to employees appointed against sanctioned posts prior to June 6, 2016. A Screening Committee was constituted in June 2024 to verify documents and oversee the process.
The department has forwarded details of 2,487 adhoc and contract employees to the Screening Committee, and verification and scrutiny are reportedly underway. The Directorate of School Education has urged the protesters to suspend further agitation and hunger strike, assuring them their concerns will be addressed in consultations.
Despite these developments, ANATG-2015 alleges the absence of clear timelines and definitive decisions has deepened uncertainty, prompting the renewed and intensified agitation at DoSE premises. The standoff underscores ongoing tensions between policy announcements and their implementation for Nagaland’s adhoc teaching workforce.
Original Source: https://www.indiatodayne.in/nagaland/story/nagaland-protesting-adhoc-teachers-to-shift-hunger-strike-venue-to-directorate-of-school-education-premises-1345411-2026-02-12?utm_source=rssfeed
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Publish Date: 2026-02-12 23:01:00
