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Manipur schools reopen after six months | The students and their parents in Manipur here have heaved a sigh of relief as all the schools have reopened after a gap of six months. The schools were reopened
on Monday following the signing of an agreement between the government and
Apunba
Lup , an umbrella body of 23 organisations, on Friday (January 8) through which
the latter called off its agitation. Students who feared for their careers finally
seemed relieved with the reopening of schools from Monday (January 11). "For six
months, there was no class. We have lost so much. But now as the classes have
resumed, it will be good for all the students," said Diana , an eleventh standard
student. The parents are also delighted to watch their children get back on the
regular track. "Earlier, the children wasted most of their time playing and stayed
away from books. Their routine, which they maintained while going to school, was
almost broken but now we are happy that the classes have resumed," said Ruparani
Devi , mother of a student. A bustling crowd of parents, teachers and students
were seen outside the schools in the State. "We were feeling very sad. We were
feeling out of the place. Children were feeling sad. We were thinking what to
do but now we are quite happy," said Sister Mary , a primary school teacher.
Manipur
has been on the boil since the killing of a pregnant woman and a suspected militant
in a shootout on July 23 last year, near the building of the State Legislature
in Imphal. Five others were injured in the shootout. Protestors under the aegis
of Apunba Lup , boycotted classes to protest the encounter, which they insisted
was fake. Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh had ordered a judicial probe
into the killing and suspended the six police personnel, who were reportedly involved
in the incident. |
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