SHILLONG: Meghalaya Cabinet which met here on Wednesday, decided to enhance the grant-in-aid to government and non-government pre-primary school teachers to Rs 12,000 per month.
Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong told reporters that there were 710 teachers who are teaching in pre-primary level and the government had extended the grant in aid to the teachers since the year 2012.
The enhanced grant in aid will be effective from 1st August, 2018 and the Government would have to incur more than Rs 5 crores annually as additional expenditure for the purpose.