Staff Reporter
Shillong, Sept 20: The physical progress of the construction of the science and commerce college at Mawphlang is 72 per cent.
Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma in his reply to a starred question tabled in the Assembly on Wednesday informed that the project was sanctioned at Rs 36.55 crore on June 30, 2017, out of which Rs 14.815 crore has been spent so far.
He said that the stipulated date for completion of the project is March next year.
He said that the classes will commence in this college after the completion of the construction of buildings and on completion of academic procedures.
Staff Reporter
Shillong, Sept 19: Over 510 lower primary and secondary schools across the State are in a dilapidated condition.
This was informed by Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma in his reply to a starred question tabled in the Assembly today.
Out of this, 495 are government lower primary schools and 15 are government secondary schools, Sangma said.
He said the 43 schools are covered for construction/renovation under phase 1, 20 – phase 2 and 332 – phase 3.
He said that the remaining 115 schools will be proposed for construction/renovation in the future phases.
Candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Seraph Eric Kharbuki has assured to fight for a degree college and a residential school in Sohiong constituency if elected as MLA in the upcoming election to be held on May 10.
Spelling out his priorities, Kharbuki told reporters today that his decision to contest in the up-coming is to become a leader or a people's representative who will frame laws and policy and not merely a leader who is only concerned in distributing MLA schemes.
Kharbuki said that his objective of contesting the by-election is to serve the public of the constituency especially when it comes to education and to able to come up with policy that will benefit the farmers of the constituency and the state as whole
He added that he had vision for the need to have a degree college in Lum Diengiei and an Eklavya Residential School.
"Apart from schools and colleges in the constituency, I have also listed out in the manifesto to have a agriculture and horticulture office, state bank of India and Apex bank in Lum Diengiei, to promote tourism and sports in the constituency by constructing two mini stadium" said Kharbuki.
Kharbuki also stressed on the need to legalize direct funding through corpus funds to all Dorbar Shnong in order to implement various developmental schemes in all villages and to install street lights in various important localities in the constituency.
The All Meghalaya Fourth Teachers Association Garo Hills Unit (AM4thTA GHU) has expressed unhappiness due to the non-release of their three–month salary.
The association said that the 4th teachers are yet to receive their salary for January to March 2023 and are facing lots of problems with their daily wages even going to school.
The association in its memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Education Minister Rakkam Sangma and also to the DSEL officers too on March 17 had demanded regularization of 1521 fourth teachers services, equal salary at par with Adhoc Upper Primary School teachers and to ensure regular disbursement of salary to teachers respective accounts and 5 per cent annual increment for Meghalaya 4th Teachers.
“If the MDA 2.0 government neglects the teachers’ salary then how will the teachers go to school with an empty stomach and empty pockets as they are without salary for three months? Therefore, the association requested the chief minister and education minister to look into the matter and ensure speedy release of our 3-month salary,” the president of the association Tengrang K Sangma said.
