Shillong, June 03: In order to disburse the salary and arrear of around 12481 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers in the state, the SSA teachers union in the state, Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) Central Body on June 2 met Ambrose Ch. Marak State Project Director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Education Mission Authority Meghalaya (SSA-SEMAM) at the city. The salary of SSA teachers have been pending for the last three months, March, April and May 2017 and the arrear of the enhanced salary of financial year 2016-17 as per notification issued by SEMAM on October 31 last year and MHRD – PAB 2016 have been pending for one year, from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017.
State Project Director (SPD) of SSA-SEMAM inform, the three months arrear salary at the enhanced rate for the period from 1st April to 30th June 2016 including enhanced salary for the month of March and April, 2017 is released to the account of all the District Mission Coordinators’ (DMCs) concerned on June 1 and by next week it will be disburse to all the SSA teachers, H.M.Marbaniang General Secretary of MSSASA Central Body informed the media after the meeting.
Meanwhile SPD inform due to insufficient of funds budget of pending arrear enhanced salary of 12481 LP and UP SSA teachers of financial year 2016-17 as approved by MHRD Project Approval Board (PAB) 2016-17 and order issued by SEMAM on October 31, 2016 which is under two categories trained and Untrained had been released for 3 months only w.e.f 1st April to 30th June 2016 and the remaining arrear for the month of July 2016 to February 2017 shall be released after funds is received which is expecting within this month (June), H.M.Marbaniang added.
Meanwhile Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) Central Body President Aristotle C. Rymbai said, SPD inform salary for the month of March 2017 will be as approved by MHRD Project Approval Board (PAB) 2016-17 and order issued by SEMAM on October 31, 2016 under two categories @ 19044 for trained teachers and @ 13335 for untrained teachers for Lower Primary and @ 20493 for trained teachers and @ 14392 for untrained teachers for Upper Primay whereas salary for the month of April 2017 are equal for both trained and untrained SSA teachers as PAB meeting of MHRD Govt of India held on March 2 this year had approved the relaxation of pay for untrained SSA teachers in the state as proposed by the Executive Committee of SEMAM for the financial year 2017-18, which is @19044 for Lower Primary teachers and @20493 for Upper primary teachers as per suggested and request made by Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) Central Body last year to the State Mission Director and State Project Director of SEMAM.
The move of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Education Mission Authority Meghalaya (SSA-SEMAM) Comes following the protest made by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers under the banner of Meghalaya SSA Schools Association at the city on April 12 this year where around 7000 teachers took part on the mass rally.
Rymbai also expressed gratitude to the MUA-II government, the education department and its officers especially Principal Secretary D.P.Wahlang who is also the State Mission Director (SMD) of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Implementation Society SEMAM and Ambrose Ch.Marak State Project Director SSA-SEMAM which has fulfill the demands of the union especially the relaxation of the fixed remuneration (pay) to the untrained SSA teachers for the financial year 2017-18 which will be effective from 1st April, 2017 as discussed earlier with the official of the union. At the meantime A.C. Rymbai requested all the SSA teachers to cooperate with the union and the office of the SPD for a while related the matter of the remaining arrear.
