MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

PRESS RELEASE

SALARY UPGRAGE & RURAL ALLOWANCE FOR TEACHERS

The Minster for Education, Hon. Aseri Radrodro has ensured that teachers receive rural
allowance and salary upgrade for those who have completed relevant qualifications in line with
the Teacher Remuneration policy after MoE received the allocation of $8.9m in the announced
2023-2024 budget.

A total of 4,382 teachers qualify for the rural location allowance and to date, 4,242 teachers have
been paid. From the budget of $5.7m, work continues for the other 140 remaining teachers as
the HR unit has to ensure that all due processes and procedures are followed. Teachers who are
serving in eligible rural and maritime schools, receive payment of location allowance on termly
basis.

Moreover, 131 teachers have upgraded their qualifications with diploma and bachelor’s degree in
ECE, Primary & Secondary Education. As of 31 st August 2023, a total amount of $338,031.74
has been paid out to those eligible teachers and the remaining will have their salary upgraded
once they submit relevant documents to HR. Hon. Aseri Radrodro assures teachers that the
location allowance and salary upgrade for eligible teachers should be completed by end of term
3, 2023.

Furthermore, the Minister for Education is also closely monitoring the update on the review of
ECE teachers’ salary regularisation. The salary upgrade is based on the revised Job
Responsibilities (JR) with daily working hours to be reviewed number from 3.5 to 8 hours. Hon.
Radrodro firmly believes that ECE teachers should be supported as they are the ones that lay the
critical foundation of formal education.

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