SHILLONG: The Federation of All Meghalaya Ad hoc Secondary Teacher Association (FAMASTA) and All Meghalaya Ad hoc Upper Primary School Teacher Association (AMAUPSTA) have decided not to participate in the meeting convened by the Joint Action Committee of All Teachers Association of Meghalaya (JACATAM) on May 18.
JACATAM secretary Kenneth Shadap had issued an invitation to leaders of FAMASTA and AMAUPSTA to work together under one umbrella of ad hoc categories.
A joint executive meeting of FAMASTA and AMAUPSTA held on Saturday at Pynthorumkhrah Golflinks Higher Secondary School, Polo said that FAMASTA has been working for the benefit of the ad hoc secondary teachers of the state since 1998 and the AMAUPSTA was formed in 2016 to fight for the benefits of the ad hoc teachers of the state.
The meeting unanimously decided that the teachers of the secondary and upper primary ad hoc teachers should not attend the meeting on May 18 at National Dorbar hall, Mawkhar.
They went on to add that the associations do not entertain such meetings called by other organisations and do not appreciate the interference by others.
President of AMAUPSTA BR Thabah maintained that the letter has not been addressed to the teachers but only to the president, secretary of Lower Primary and Upper Primary and Higher Secondary Ad hoc schools in the state.
