KOHIMA, MAY 2 (MExN): SDEO offices all over the state remained paralyzed due to the ongoing picketing carried out by SSA teachers over non-payment of pending salaries and arrears. A press note from the NSSATA informed that “the 2nd installment, which covers the months of October 2013 to March 2014, has already been sanctioned and deposited to the State Mission Authority’s account by the Centre on April 2.” It lamented that despite this, “the pending dues have not been cleared yet.” The Association, reaffirmed its stand that the ongoing protest will cease only when the pending dues against the sanctioned amount are cleared. It further questioned as to why the state Education Minister and the Finance Minister “are playing a deaf ear at the hue and cry of the SSA Teachers.”
