Teachers association Meghalaya echos demand for better salaries

Tura: Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) school teachers, under the banner of All Garo Hills SSA School Teachers Association (AGHSSASTA), have once again demanded a hike in their salaries as well as regularization of their services.
In its memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday, the association said that teachers of this category, who have been serving for the past 21 years, are deprived of their rights and facilities compared to other regular teachers in the state. There are styles.
Pointing out that SSA is not separate but linked to RTE, the teachers argued that they should also be considered under the RTE norms of the state education department and the existing State Education Society.
It is noteworthy that the salaries of these teachers were increased from Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 in 2008, Rs 6,000 in 2010, and Rs 9,900 and 9,200 in 2013 for UP and LP teachers respectively, and Rs 19,020,444 for LP and in 2017. Teachers of UP.