Meghalaya approved a school complex framework to connect schools across levels. The move aims to ease admissions, widen secondary access and support more eligible staff.
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Shillong,Oct 13, 2026 19:34 IST
The Meghalaya Cabinet on Tuesday approved a school complex framework aimed at making it easier for students to move from the primary section to higher classes and cutting admission-related hurdles. The decision is meant to create smoother links between schools at different levels and improve access to secondary education across the state.
The Cabinet also approved the regularisation of 26 employees who had been appointed on an ad hoc basis against sanctioned posts before the prescribed cut-off date of December 31. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said this was the fifth batch of regularisation carried out in line with a Supreme Court ruling.
Announcing the school decision in Shillong, Sangma said Meghalaya has 9,244 lower primary schools but only 532 higher secondary institutions. “Through the school complex framework, we aim to link lower and upper primary schools with nearby secondary and higher secondary schools, creating a smoother transition between classes and reducing administrative hurdles for students,” he said.
Sangma said the gap in the number of schools at different levels often made it difficult for students to secure admission as they moved to higher classes, forcing them to go through multiple admission procedures. The Cabinet approved the Meghalaya School Education (School Complex) Rules, 2026. The initiative is also intended to strengthen the network of nodal and model schools across blocks, subdivisions and districts, expanding access to quality secondary education throughout the state, he said.
On the regularisation decision, Sangma said, “Over the past few years, nearly 4,000 employees have benefited from this process, and the latest decision ensures that 26 more employees who were left out are also covered.” He added that the latest decision extends the regularisation process to employees who had been left out of earlier batches. Overall, the Cabinet decisions focus on easing students’ movement into higher classes and extending service benefits to more eligible employees.
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