Protest against bomb threat at school

IMPHAL, Jan 24 : A sit-in protest was staged today by students, teachers and guardians of Little Master Higher Secondary School, Samurou in front of their school against the keeping of a bomb at the school.

Placard with slogans like, "Make education a free zone", "Don`t demand unbearable amounts from schools" were displayed in the protest participated by around 500 persons including students, teachers and guardians from 10 am to 3 pm.

Regarding the incident, M Thoiba, founder secretary of the school expressed to the media that it was very unfortunate for the students that a bomb was kept during the schools examinations which disrupted the examinations.

He feared that the institute would not function for long as the demands and threats to the school were continuing. The school authorities also blamed the present government for their failure to improve the security situation and appealed against any demands or threats to the school.

Bijoy, a student of Class XI of the school, said that such incidents during examinations made the students fearful and could disturb the careers of the students.