Shillong, Oct 27: The state government is set to introduce a structured pay system for teachers in the state by December this year, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui announced on Monday.

Responding to a question on the status of the proposed taking over 3,332 SSA schools, which have submitted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to hand over their management to the state government, Rymbui told reporters that the government has already started consultations with various stakeholders, including organizations representing SSA employees, who have been demanding a structured pay system and job security.

He said that the chief minister has accepted the demand for a structured pay system, and the government is working out the modalities to implement it.

“The chief minister has accepted that the government will come up with the structured pay system within December 2025,” Rymbui stated.

The minister further added, “Once we overcome this issue, all other issues will fall into place. So, the department will work out the modalities but as of now let us see what the government will do in consultation with other stakeholders within these two months.”

The education minister emphasized that the government needs to balance its financial resources to improve the social sector, including education, without compromising other sectors.

“In everything, there is financial implication. So, we have to see which one the government will be able to do because having said that we need all social sectors should improve. By having the pay structure, it does not mean that the other sectors will suffer. We have to balance things out. As of now, it is too premature for me to say anything,” he said while adding “We will have to consult all the stakeholders and whatever financial implication is there we will share because the government is not for us, the government is for the people but we have to balance everything.”

“One thing I am very happy is that in every meeting with every organization, everybody has come with an open mind. They know that there are difficulties, they know that there are challenges but they come with an open mind. Let’s hope that the government also is going with an open mind so that we could converge our mindset to see that the issues faced by us every year, we will be able to resolve at the earliest,” he further stated.

When asked if the exercise was part of the government’s proposal to implement the Meghalaya Education Grant (MEG), Rymbui said that the exercise is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to reform the education system, which was pledged by the chief minister in 2018.

The government aims to streamline the education system, with only two structures of schools – government and government-aided, besides private schools.

The Minister expressed optimism that the government and stakeholders can work together to resolve the issues facing the education sector.

According to him, the ongoing reform process is aiming at addressing various issues identified in the education sector over the past five to seven years.

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