Shillong, Nov 11: The indefinite strike by deficit teachers will continue on Thursday, with the Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA) saying the government’s latest letter promises nothing concrete and tries to mislead the public.
The association said it received one letter on November 10, and another on November 11, the first day of the strike. Both letters are almost the same, just slightly changed.
KJDSTA President Boswell Pala alleged a glaring mistake in the letter. The claim that the Draft Scheme 2023 was placed as a proposal by the Meghalaya College Teachers’ Association (MCTA) is totally misleading, he said.
Pala said records show the government itself told the court on March 22, 2023 that it would prepare a scheme acceptable to teachers, and it went on to prepare the scheme. On September 6, 2023, the Advocate General handed the Draft rules to the MCTA, which returned its suggestions to the government on October 5, 2023.
Hence, he said, the misleading statement in the November 11 letter is another effort to mislead School Managing Committees and the public.
Meanwhile, deficit teachers walked out of classrooms across the State today.
Laitumkhrah, Pomlum, Nongpoh, Mawlai, Jowai and Mairang saw teachers on the streets with placards. In many schools, students left empty classrooms and played in the grounds.
In Mairang, staff began a two-day sit-in at Pyndengumiong. Some have not been paid till October. Others get only 8 per cent CPF instead of 10 per cent.
“We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for what is due to us,” they said.
