Shillong, July 08: The organisation All Meghalaya Primary School Teachers’ Association (AMPSTA) today met the Meghalaya education Minister Mr. Rakkam A Sangma, in the meeting they have raises concerns over Meghalaya Education Grant (MEG) and Teachers related Issues On Monday, 7th July ” 2025.
In the meeting let buy the General secretary Mr. F C Shullai submitted a memorandum expressing our concerns regarding the proposed scheme outlined in the discussion paper on the MEG and issues affecting teachers.
While we acknowledge and appreciate the government’s intent to improve the quality of education system we also strongly opposes provisions that lack transparency, fairness and accountability and their concerns.
In the memorandum mention on the unclear criteria or guidelines for performance based enhancement may create inequalities for under resourced schools.Granting full authority to SMCs or GBs without checks and accountability may lead to misuse of power.
Delay in filing long standing teacher vacancies post and in releasing posts for Garo and Khasi language subjects. Lack of transparency in Contributed Provident Fund (CPF) deposited in the State Bank of India, Laitumkhrah Branch.
Back to back government notification orders without instructions. one of the most pressing issues highlighted in our memorandum is Continuity for Deficit Teachers that posts held by current deficit teachers will not be affected but after retirement the post will be transferred under MEG raises concerns about the continuity of these posts and the job security of future teachers.
The Education Minister clarified that if the School Management hands over all assets to the government, the sanctioned posts will be converted into government posts and the teachers will become government employees. However, if the management does not hand over all assets, the existing teachers will continue to receive salaries as deficit but after their retirement the post will be transferred under MEG.
This has raised serious concerns for the Association where we firmly urge the government to issue clear and formal directives ensuring job security and continuity of service for all deficit teachers both current and future.
AMPSTA Strongly oppose any proposal to abolish the sanctioned posts. Rather than phasing out these posts we call on the government to retain and fill them as deficit post. Given these concerns, they respectfully urge the government provide clear and transparent guidelines detailing the criteria for performance based funding.
Improve accountability measures to regulate the authority of SMCs or GBS and prevent misuse of powersensure safeguards to protect the rights and job security of deficit teachers. AMPSTA also discussed on Memorandum of Understanding between Education Department and Mother’s Union, Tura where we expressed our concern and strong disagreement in which the Education Minister, informed that the government has taken hold on this matter and will wait for Chief Minister’s decision before proceeding with further discussions.
AMPSTA has urged the government not to overlook the grassroot realities of our schools and teachers. Policies made without ground level consultation will only lead to further complications.
They are not against reforms, however they must be properly consulted and the rights of teachers must be protected. AMPSTA hope the government will addressed our concerns promptly to avoid any due course of action and ensure a fair, just and transparent educational system as a whole.
