- CM clarifies that ad hoc and deficit institutions are private
- CM clears air on nomenclatures, says ‘pay structure’ instead of ‘salary’ must be used
- Govt will spend about Rs 800 crore after the implementation of the new payment structure for ad hoc teachers
- The structured pay framework will be rolled out on April 1
- This will lead to an additional expenditure of over Rs 200 crore
Shillong, Feb 17: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday cleared the air on the nomenclatures to be used in regard to payments to ad hoc and deficit teachers.
He clarified that ad hoc and deficit institutions, both schools and colleges, are private entities, and that it is not the government’s responsibility to pay teachers’ salaries. So, the word ‘salary’ should be replaced with ‘payment structure’.
Speaking on Day 2 of the Budget session 2026-27, Sangma said these institutions are private, and over the years, the government has been paying them grants. “These grants took the structure of ‘salaries’. The nomenclature changed,” he said, adding that the government is now targeted for “not paying salaries”.
Sangma emphasised that government-owned schools, including SSA schools, are the state’s responsibility, but ad hoc schools are run by private entities.
The chief minister explained that the government is trying to remove the disparity in payment to teachers in the ad hoc institutions.
“There are so many schools and so many categories of teachers that we realised that the government has to step in and take a decisive step to somehow give a structure to this, and that’s what we are doing,” he said.
Solution for ad hoc teachers
Replying to a question raised by Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma, the chief minister said that the government would spend approximately Rs 600 crore on SSA and ad hoc teachers in lower and upper primary schools.
Now, with the new structure coming into place, the expenditure will be about Rs 800 crore. This is following the reformed pay structure “as per the demand” of the ad hoc teachers. The structure will take into consideration seniority and increments.
The government will roll out the structured pay framework for SSA and ad hoc teachers from April 1. Over 23,007 teachers are expected to benefit, the chief minister said, describing it as a “tough decision but… in the right direction” for stabilising teachers’ concerns.
“We are not here to take over the schools, and we have clearly discussed with the teachers that this is the structure that we are going to give you… government scale is not going to happen,” the chief minister said.
