Federation of Mizoram Government School Teachers said in a statement here that many schools had to be closed down as a large number of teachers were engaged in the census operations as a result of which students would suffer.
"In a school having seven teachers, four were engaged in the census exercise," the statement said, adding, the government does not seem to have any respect for the Right to Education Act.
The FMGST also said the government refused to disburse honorarium to the teachers engaged in the census. The second phase of the census will start from February 9.