By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Miffed over insensitivity of the State Government towards their various problems, college and school teachers under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee of All Teachers’ Associations of Meghalaya (JACATAM) have decided to go ahead with its proposed agitational programme starting from Tuesday. “We will go ahead with the set of agitations decided by the association,” the JACATAM chief ED Nongsiang said here on Monday.
As a part of the programme, teachers of adhoc and deficit schools and colleges of the state will wear black badge on Tuesday.
Their agitational programme will continue till September 5.
The association will observe pen down strike on August 29 followed by a mass casual leave (CL) on September 3, dharna in various districts and zones on September 4 and a mass rally to be held in Shillong on September 5.
The demands put forth by the association include regular and uniform payment of salary to all the teachers of the government-aided schools and colleges, provincialisation of teachers’ services or professions to all government aided schools, implementation of the state education policy and MBOSE/examination reforms.
Nongsiang also mentioned that the JAC would meet again on August 31 to decide its future course of action.
