Teachers’ body moves CM with demands

TURA, Sep 10: The All Meghalaya Deficit Pattern (UP and Secondary) School Teachers Association from Garo Hills has petitioned Chief Minister Conrad Sangma for the fulfilment of a slew of demands.
In a memorandum to the chief minister, the Association demanded of the government to either upgrade a total of 13 deficit pattern schools in the state to full-fledged deficit system or to enable for them other allowance such as Hills Allowance, Medical Allowance, House Rent Allowance, advance increment for higher educational qualification, gratuity and National Pension Scheme (NPS), among others.
The Association also demanded the immediate release of all the outstanding revised pay arrears.