The Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya – Prestone Tynsong, assured that the state government would try to release the salary of SSA teachers before December 15, i.e., Christmas.

Addressing the reporters after a meeting with the Deputy CM, the President of Meghalaya SSA Schools’ Association (MSSASA) – Aristotle C Rymbai informed the same.

“We have also discussed the release of salary to SSA teachers for September, October, and November before Christmas. He (Tynsong) assured the Association to take up the matter with the concerned department, and the government will do its best to get the salary of SSA teachers released before Christmas,” Rymbai said.

Rymbai said the meeting comprehensively discussed the long pending demands of SSA teachers, including the implementation of a quarterly system for releasing payment of SSA teachers, to constitute the State Education Commission to address the grievances of SSA teachers.

“With regard to this, the Deputy CM informed the association that the concerned department had done the needful and now left is to get it approved by the cabinet probably by the first week of November,” he added.