DIMAPUR — Despite education being deemed a fundamental right, a sense of disparity pervades in the Pangsha range of Noklak district. Home to approximately 7,000 people, the five villages within the range —Wonthoi, New Pangsha, Old Pangsha, Dan Village, and ITC (International Trade Centre) Dan—remain largely disconnected from essential services, and its residents grapple with inadequate infrastructure, healthcare, and a severe lack of quality education. “Because of the distance, bad roads, and lack of proper facilities, we are still tagged as backward,” lamented P Shingnya, president of the Pangsha Public Organisation (PPO). The villages of Pangsha range, located about 31 kilometres away from the district headquarter, are turning from “bad to worse”, he said Shingnya told Eastern Mirror that there are four government schools — each with its own set of problems– catering to the five villages. In New Pangsha, the only Government Middle School (GMS) with sufficient teachers and infrastructure stands in stark contrast to the dire situation elsewhere. No Hindi teacher since day-1 The Government Primary School (GPS) shared by Dan Village and ITC Dan, established in 2010, has operated without a Hindi subject teacher since its inception. N Thokpoa, an SSA teacher at the school, revealed that...