TGCSU urges power minister to reduce load shedding hours
The Tura Government College Students’ Union (TGCSU) on Friday requested the Power Minister Abu Taher Mondal to reduce the hours of load shedding in view of students preparing and writing their semester examinations.
In a statement, TGCSU president Anand Ch Momin said that the union feels that it is not advisable to have long hours of load shedding as it is going to have a bad impact on the studies of the students.
“Having more than 10-15 hours of load shedding is unbearable, especially during summer not only for students but the person of any age. We would like to make an appeal to the power minister to make amends to the load shedding hours and reduce the hours considering also the fact that students are preparing and writing their exams as well,” he said.
Appointment of temporary teachers
The state government has decided to appoint temporary teachers in government lower primary schools, which are functioning without teachers.
Informing this here, Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma said that there are more than 1002 vacancies in the government’s lower primary schools.
“In view of the delay in the recruitment of regular teachers, we have decided to appoint temporary teachers in such schools,” he said while adding all teachers to be appointed will be MTET passed.
The minister said the process of appointing regular teachers may take some time due to the preparation of the roster system.
“The education department and its officials are working day and night to complete the process of giving all data to the personnel department at the earliest but it is not easy,” he added.
He said that there are over 26 lower primary schools in South Garo Hills which are presently without teachers.
Meanwhile, the minister informed that the government will be constructing new school buildings for over 117 lower primary schools in the next 2-3 months and will be taking up repairs of over 1,000 schools.
Govt looking into doubts around Saubhagya scheme
Staff Reporter
Shillong, April 6: Power Minister Abu Taher Mondal has informed that the government will further discuss the report of the inquiry committee into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Saubhagya scheme.
“We are discussing further into it so let us see,” Mondal told reporters.
When asked if there is any scam in the implementation of the scheme, the minister said, “How can you tell as these are allegations only and that is why the independent inquiry has been constituted.”
Earlier in the just concluded Assembly’s budget session, Mondal had informed that the report of the inquiry committee has been sent to the finance department for its comment.
“After the finance department gives its comment then only we can say whether there are irregularities or not,” Mondal had then stated in the House while replying to a query raised by an opposition Congress legislator from Umsning Dr Celestine Lyngdoh relating to the allegations made against the implementation of the scheme.