Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 18 2009:
THE LEADING school level teachers associations, All Manipur Elementary School Teachers Association (AMESTA), All Manipur Secondary School Teachers Association (AMSSTA) and All Manipur Higher Secondary Lecturers Welfare Association (AMGHSLVA) in a joint conference held on January 16 at St.
Johnstone Higher Secondary School, Imphal had constituted a joint organization named as Council of Teachers' Association (COTA) .
A press statement of COTA said that COTA will take up new and more intensive steps of agitation to attain their demand for implementation of the sixth pay commission.
COTA will have a 26 member body of teachers from hills and valley who is also a member of any of AMESTA, AMSSTA, and AMGHSLWA.
It is also said that the secretaries of the three associations namely Ch Shanta, Dr P Koireng and M Jayantakumar will be the joint conveners of COTA.