Over 23,000 teachers in the state will get their salary as per the new pay structure from May this year, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said on Wednesday.
“The new pay structure has already been implemented from April 1. We only need to release the salary on May 1 or first week of the month as the case may be,” Rymbui told reporters.
Calling it a long-pending issue, he said, “The challenge is there… that is why successive governments could not do it. I am happy that under the leadership of the chief minister Conrad K Sangma, this issue could be resolved.”
Stating that the government initiative is about more than the teacher’s salary, he said, “It is not a question of only implementing the new pay structure, it is a question of giving them the surety, giving them dignity and the government recognises your hard work.”
On parity with government employees, Rymbui said, “Yes, we cannot do or pay as what is being paid to the government employees, but we are trying our best and with the cooperation of everybody slowly and steadily we will be able to reform as much as possible.”