Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has urged Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to consider the demand of Federation of All School Teachers of Meghalaya (FASTOM) for upgradation of ad hoc schools to deficit system.
Athawale sent a letter to Sangma on December 23, 2021 following a memorandum sent by FASTOM to the union minister on December 22, 2021.
Informing this today, FASTOM president Kenneth Shadap said that despite the letter sent by Athawale, the State government was keeping quiet on the demand by the teachers’ body.
“We have sent a letter to Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on January 11 requesting him to call us for talks on our demand by this month. It is unfortunate that the State government is unwilling to talk to us,” Shadap said.
The FASTOM president said that since 2016 till date, the State government has not enhanced the salary of ad hoc school teachers who continued to draw meager salaries and were not entitled for medical reimbursement.
He also said that ad hoc school teachers should be paid the same amount of salary as paid to deficit school teachers since the work they perform and the responsibility they take is similar.
Shadap said that FASTOM also wanted the State government to pay the salary of Hindi teachers at the same amount paid to assistant teachers and to enhance the salary of mid day meal cooks from the existing amount of Rs 1000.
