Shillong, Oct 27: Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma on Friday said the government will try to complete the process of appointing over 1,200 teachers in Lower Primary (LP) and Upper Primary (UP) schools before Christmas.
After meeting the delegation of the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC), Sangma said the government has already scheduled the interview for Meghalaya Teachers’ Eligibility Test (MTET) qualified candidates from November 15, for filling up more than 1,200 vacancies in the government lower primary schools and more than 300-400 upper primary schools across the state.
“For lower primary schools, interviews have been fixed from November 15, 2023 and we will try to complete the process before Christmas and before Christmas we will be able to give appointments to qualified candidates,” he added.
Earlier while speaking to reporters, HYC West Khasi Hills District president Lumlang Kharsyiemlieh said the non-availability of teachers as per student-teacher ratio have immensely affected the education sector in the district of West Khasi Hills and is a grave injustice cause to the students enrolled in these schools. He said the delegation has urged the minister to take appropriate and immediate steps to appoint qualified teachers in all these schools in the district as per norms in place.
According to him, there are around 90 government LP schools in the district with student enrollment of about 50 to 100 or more in each school. However, the government has appointed only 1 or 2 teachers in each school and these teachers have to take classes for students from nursery up to class V.
Kharsyiemlieh has also urged the minister to repair the existing government school buildings which are in a dilapidated condition and said, “If left unattended, majority of these schools will not be able to cater to the students in the coming session.”
He also lamented that the government has failed to provide the required furniture and other materials to the majority of the schools.
“In all these schools especially LP Schools, students have to sit in a very uncomfortable position as they have to pack themselves in each bench due to non-availability of proper furniture.”
The HYC in its memorandum to the minister has also demanded the state government to consider appointment of permanent teachers for all subjects in the higher secondary section of the Sib Sing Memorial Government School, which was established in the year 1995 in Nongstoin.
It said no teacher is appointed for the Mathematics subject and other important Arts Subject till date. There are about 6 teachers appointed on Contractual basis and no steps have been taken to appoint permanent teachers. This has greatly affected the students.
“We would also like to inform you that the new Building of the School was formally opened on 17.01.2023 by the Chief Minister of the State but sadly the said building does not have proper electricity connections or be provided with any furniture,” it said while urging immediate action in this regard.
Further, the HYC also demanded the government for construction of a new building for the office of the SDSEO to ensure the best service is provided to the entire district.
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