Shillong: Succumbing to pressure, Meghalaya deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong on Friday met with the protesting teachers under the banner of the Federation of All School Teachers of Meghalaya (FASTOM).
Tynsong urged the teachers to call off their indefinite strike and go back home and sleep well instead of sleeping in the streets of Shillong.
The deputy chief minister told FASTOM members that the government has decided to enhance a lump sum grant to the aided schools. He added that the planning department and the finance department are doing the paperwork for the same.
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