Social bodies meet CM over various issues

TURA, Aug 27: A delegation of leaders from several social bodies, including the Tura Garo Senior Citizens Forum, New Tura Development Forum and the Garo Graduates’ Union, recently called on Chief Minister Conrad Sangma at his Tura residence and raised a handful of issues concerning the people.
During the meeting, the members demanded the immediate removal of Ela Begum Lasker from the post of Joint Director of School Education, District School Education Officer and principal of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Tura.
They also demanded the replacement of the incumbent principal of the College of Teacher Education, Rongkhon, alleging that the official was not qualified for the post. They demanded that a qualified and deserving indigenous local be appointed instead.
Flagging the issue of the pending construction work of Tura Medical College, they urged the chief minister to expedite the eviction of encroachers from the land belonging to the Tura Civil Hospital. They maintained that the continued delay to initiate the project might lead to the region losing out on it.
Another demand put forth by the leaders was the regularisation of LP schoolteachers who were appointed by the state government on contractual basis and could not pass MTET examinations conducted in 2019.
Stating that the teachers, who have been in the profession for years, are unlikely to find another job, they urged the chief minister to regularise the services of the teachers on humanitarian grounds.