The Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA) and Garo Hills Deficit School Teachers and Employees Association (GHDSTEA) today jontly threatened to resort to agitation from April 28 in protest against the non-implementation of the revised payscale of the Fourth Pay Commission (FPC).
Over 4000 deficit school teachers have been demanding extension of the revised payscale of the state's FPC, including 40 per cent arrears.
''We have given enough time to the government to implement our demands, but this adament attitude has forced us to resort to our agitations,'' KJDSTA president ED Nongsiang said.
A fornight ago, the deficit school teachers resorted to three-day mass casual leave to put pressure on the government in disbursing the new revised salary.
An official of the education department, however, justified the delay in the disbursement of the revised salary saying it was due to shortage of funds.
The ousted DD Lapang-led government had said the government had earmarked Rs 183 crore for payment of the revised salary to the teachers, including the 40 per cent arrears.
Education Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh informed that under the purview of the Fourth Pay Commission, the Finance Department was processing the proposal of Rs 1.5 crore to be implemented as the revised pay for deficit teachers.