Shillong, Nov 12: Representatives of the Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers’ Association (KJDSTA) and Garo Hills Deficit School Teachers’ Association (GHDSTA) today met Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui to apprise him of several long-pending concerns affecting deficit school teachers.

During the meeting, the associations submitted a joint memorandum highlighting four major issues that have continued to challenge the teaching community – categorisation of teachers, non-payment of dearness allowance (DA), non-implementation of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme and problems arising from the new MAXIMS online portal.

The first issue raised pertained to the recent government statement on the categorisation of teachers, which, according to the associations, has caused anxiety and conf

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