Shillong,Aug 27: President of the Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) Aristotle C Rymbai has said
3332 lower primary and upper primary SSA schools are ready to hand over management to the state government.
The education department has also decided to submit a proposal on pay scale structure for over 14000 SSA teachers in the state.
Commissioner & Secretary in-charge education Vijay Kumar Mantri met the teachers on Wednesday.
Rymbai told reporters that the department has shared a detailed presentation on four key agendas, including the takeover of SSA schools owned by private individuals, pay scale for SSA teachers, rationalization of SSA and government schools, and cabinet memorandum for school management transfer.
“The department has received NOCs from 3332 out of 5131 SSA schools expressing their willingness to hand over management to the state government,” he said.
“Of this, 3034 are community managed SSA schools and 298 are religious and private managed SSA schools,” Rymbai said.
Regarding the demand of the association, Rymbai said, “We are happy to hear from the commissioner & secretary that the proposal for a pay scale for SSA teachers is being prepared and will be sent to the finance department and cabinet for approval after the upcoming Assembly session.”
Rymbai said the department has started the process of rationalizing SSA and government schools, deploying teachers from single-digit enrollment schools to higher enrollment schools.
“Actually to some extent we are happy with the progress of work done by the department,” he said.
The association has raised concerns regarding the rationalization of schools operating in the same building or campus, particularly regarding salary disbursement for SSA teachers.
The Commissioner & Secretary has assured that the present system of salary transfer will continue, and SSA teachers’ salaries will be transferred directly to their personal accounts, he said.
