Tura, July 12: The problem faced by over 150 secondary schools in the state, all of which are currently receiving only the Science grant, was on Tuesday raised with Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, and a request also made to also provide them the Adhoc grant at par with other Adhoc Secondary Schools in the state.
A memorandum in this regard on behalf of all such schools in Garo Hills, was on Tuesday submitted by one, Rahmat Ali, the Headmaster of the Khamari Secondary School in West Garo Hills, where he pointed to the financial hardships faced by these schools in maintaining them with only the Science grant since 2002.
“There are altogether 154 secondary schools in the state which are getting only the Science grant despite the fact that our services towards educating the students are at par with other schools in the state. There are around 770 teachers in these schools who are educating around 7000 to 8000 students per year. However, we are still being deprived of the Adhoc grant,” Ali lamented.
Lauding the recent move of the MDA government in enhancing the salaries of the Adhoc teachers, Ali however said that they have been excluded from the salary hike and neither has their long pending demand for Adhoc grant been considered.
Urging the government to take into account the education of school going students, Ali sought that the matter be looked into by the government and an Adhoc grant accorded to them at the earliest.
