Following the announcement of salary increases under a new scheme of service for teachers, the Leader of the Opposition, Wavel Ramkalawan, asked the minister for finance, Danny Faure, to provide details.
The increases, Minister Faure explained, reflected between 20 % to 30% of salaries. They would be made possible by the ministry adding special allowances to the normal salary of teachers in cases where they take on additional responsibilities. These include inducement allowance, responsibility allowance, special allowance, part-time allowance and allowance for Mahe-based teachers who go to work on other islands.
In addition to shouldering more burdens, teachers would also be paid based on their qualifications, experiences, competency and progress. They would as from now on be graded from 3 to 13, with corresponding salaries - the smallest number representing the lowest salary and going upwards. Those at grade 13 who take on responsibilities on behalf of an entire school are the ones who could have received an increase of up to R4,000, but they were very few. Supply teachers and ancillaries would also be fitted in under the new scheme.
Out of R171 million rupees, the total budget for the Ministry of Education this year, R17.6 million would go towards financing the increases. A supplementary budget of R4.5 million would also be needed towards July 2010 to complete the scheme.
The request on teachers was the only part of Mr. Ramkalawan’s question on salaries that Speaker William Herminie had placed on the agenda. He had decided not to permit two other questions which were on the possibility of salary revision for nurses and for the rest of the public service.
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