National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions...

TheHon'ble Justice Mr. Siddiqui, Chairman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions along with the member of the Commission, Dr. Cyriac Thomas visited Trivandrum on Monday, 24th May 2011. The Commission had a Conference with 'the representatives fo the various Christian Educational Institutions' in the city as arranged by the Syro-Malankara Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum.

From our archdiocese Mr. S. Varghese, its Pastoral Council Vice-President and former member of the State Human Rights Commission, Former Principal, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. Sunny Francis, the Pastoral Council Secretary and Member, Board of Education and Professor at Universtiy College, Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. Nelson, our Office Administrator and former Dy. Secretary to the Govt. of Kerala, Fr. Shaji D' Silva, the secretary to the archbishop and myself represented.

It was mostly an interactive session wherein doubts could be clarified and matters were made easy and clear as for as the process of obtaining Minority Status Certificate from the Goverment of India.

Besides this, there seemed to be somekind of sefl interest for the Malankara archdiocese in presenting their proposal of making Mar Ivanios College and the other institutions in the campus into an autonomous institution or a deemed university and of seeking the support of the Commission and it was made clear when the member of the Commission announced that as a good news!

Yes, people know how to manipulate an occasion to their favour and invite people for that without in any way giving any doubts. Well, they can make their demands, but why should they invite us and make us onlookers to such shows?