SHILLONG: The State Cabinet has decided to include the teaching and non-teaching staff of deficit pattern secondary school under the ambit of Fifth Pay Commission
Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong after the Cabinet meeting said that the Fifth pay Commission had recommended for their inclusion in the new pay scale.
According to Tynsong, there were nine deficit pattern secondary schools in the state where teaching and non teaching staff would now be able to avail the revised pay scale with effective date from January 1, 2017.
This decision of the State Government would cost the State Exchequer Rs 2.5 crores annually
Meanwhile, the State Cabinet has approved a proposal of the Education Department to allow Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE) employees to avail their pension either from National Pension Scheme or the Central Provident Fund
Tynsong said that they wanted to merge National Pension Scheme and the Central Provident Fund as all these years, the employees were entitled for CPF and hence the Central Government came up with NPS.