About 14,000 teachers of Government-aided schools in Meghalaya have gone on a 14-day strike starting today in protest against the State Government's delay to pay them on par with those in Government schools.
Students of over 4,500 Government-aided schools in the state are at the receiving end with their teachers on strike.
School teachers have unanimously decided to join the protest and stay out of school in support of the general strike called by the Joint Action Committee of All Teachers' Association of Meghalaya (JACATAM) till September 4.
"The State-wide general strike was taken into consideration after the state government paid no heed to the demand of the teachers," JACATAM chairman ED Nongsiang said.
He said they had to resort to the strike as there were no signs that the State Government was making any effort even to have a dialogue.