SHILLONG: The Chairman of Meghalaya State Planning Board (MSPB), Lambor Malngiang on Tuesday, held a discussion with a delegation of the Meghalaya SSA School Association (MSSASA) on their various grievances.
Aristotle C. Rymbai, president of MSSASA, informed that the meeting discussed various issues raised by the association regarding the welfare of the SSA teachers.
“We discussed the pay structure for SSA teachers, which, as per the framework and guidelines of SSA manual on financial management and procurement and framework of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan comes under the domain of the concerned state and is to be determined by the State/UTs norms and not by the Centre,” the MSSASA president said.
Rymbai further informed that discussion was held on merging of all existing SSA teachers from State Implementation Society SEMAM to Education Department on regular basis.
The meeting also discussed means to raise the standards of education where the commitment of the SSA teachers for imparting quality education was reassured.
The chairman assured the association of all necessary assistance and promised to discuss the matter at the meeting with the Education Department to be held on Wednesday.
“We hope that with the intervention and initiatives of the chairman our problems will be resolved soon,” Rymbai added.