Shillong, Aug. 28 -- More than 3,300 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) schools in Meghalaya have submitted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to come under the direct management of the state education department, a teachers' body said on Wednesday.

According to the Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA), of the total, 3,034 schools are community-managed while 298 are run by religious institutions or private bodies.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the commissioner and secretary of the education department, MSSASA president Aristotle Rymbai said the department has already received NOCs from 298 privately or religiously managed schools expressing their willingness to transfer management to the government.

Rymbai further said the As...