{"id":22283,"date":"2024-09-04T16:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22283"},"modified":"2024-09-04T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T16:34:35","slug":"teachers-to-receive-27-salary-increase-and-additional-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/teachers-to-receive-27-salary-increase-and-additional-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers to Receive 27% Salary Increase and Additional Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant boost for the education sector, teachers in Guyana will see a 27% increase in their salaries over the next three years, along with several additional incentives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This agreement was formalized today between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the new agreement, teachers will receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>10% increase<\/strong> in 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8% increase<\/strong> in 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9% increase<\/strong> in 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If public servants&#8217; salary increases exceed these percentages, teachers will receive the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the salary increases, graduate teachers will see notable adjustments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doctorate degree holders: <strong>32,000<\/strong> monthly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master\u2019s degree holders: <strong>22,000<\/strong> monthly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postgraduate and advanced graduate diploma holders: <strong>7,000<\/strong> monthly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificate in Education &amp; Management: <strong>5,000<\/strong> monthly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Station allowance increases of up to <strong>108%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hard lying allowances of up to <strong>67%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RAI (remote area incentive) increased to <strong>23,000<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clothing allowances up by <strong>88%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concessions increased by <strong>50%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>100% scholarships<\/strong> annually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, teachers will be compensated for marking and supervising SBA\u2019s and NGSA Grades 5 and 6 mock exams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, teachers re-employed after retirement will be paid at their last salary scale before retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to improving the education system and supporting teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;We are pleased to offer this holistic package, which will benefit over 13,000 teachers both in the coastal and hinterland regions,&#8221; said President Ali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick In a significant boost for the education sector, teachers in Guyana will see a 27% increase in their salaries over the next three years, along with several&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22284,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22283\/revisions\/22284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}