TURA: The All Garo Hills Non-Adhoc Secondary and Higher Secondary School Teachers’ Association (AGHN-ASHSSTA) recently met Education Minister, Deborah C Marak and submitted a memorandum with a request that grant-in-aid is provided to all teachers.
In their memorandum to Marak, the association informed that in all the non-adhoc Secondary and Higher Secondary schools of Garo Hills, only the Science grant is provided with grant-in-aid to the science teacher while the rest including the Headmaster are deprived of the same from the government.
The association demanded that all teachers of such schools should be provided grant-in-aid irrespective of whether the institution is recognized or not. It demanded that the same financial aid is given to teachers of Higher Secondary Schools teaching in the Science, Arts and Commerce streams.
Meanwhile, during their meeting the Education Minister is said to have assured to look into the matter.
