SHILLONG: Following the Meghalaya government’s failure to fulfill its promise of increasing salaries for SSA non-teaching employees, the All Meghalaya SSA Non-Teaching Staffs Association (AMSSANTSA) has decided to go on an indefinite stir from today.
The Association decided to go on an indefinite sit-in-demonstration during a meeting at Malki ground on July 25.
“We have unanimously decided to stage an indefinite sit-in demonstration from Monday (July 29) till the government is ready to fulfill its promise to enhance our salary, which has been pending since 2016,” the Association stated.
The SSA non-teaching staff includes all non-teaching staff employed at the cluster, block, district, and state levels under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), State Education Mission Authority of Meghalaya.
The Association claimed that Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma, in his reply in the State Assembly in 2023, had informed that the department had already sent the file relating to the proposal for enhancing the salary of SSA non-teaching staff to the finance department but unfortunately, till date, nothing has been done in this regard.
The Association accused the education minister of making false promises to the state assembly.
“We are prepared to fight for our rights. The indefinite sit-in demonstration is not to protest against the state government but to stand for our rights,” the Association said.
