Government Raises Salaries of Teachers and Staff Working Under Teaching Support Grants
The government has decided to increase the salaries of teachers and staff working under teaching support grant quotas. Government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel shared the information while making public the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar on Wednesday. Following the decision, the remuneration of Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilitators, school employees, and school support staff has also been increased.
According to Minister Pokharel, the government has decided to set the salaries of teachers working under teaching support grant quotas at the secondary level (Grades 9–10) and basic level (Grades 6–8) at amounts equal to the starting salaries of Secondary Level Third Class and Lower Secondary Level Third Class teachers, respectively.
Similarly, the federal government has decided to increase the monthly remuneration grant provided to Early Childhood Development facilitators, school employees, and school support staff by Rs. 5,000. The Cabinet decision is stated to address remuneration and service-related benefits for personnel working in school education.
Remuneration Fixed Under the New Decision
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Secondary-level teachers: Monthly remuneration increased from Rs. 43,669 to Rs. 48,058.
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Basic-level teachers: Monthly remuneration increased from Rs. 34,730 to Rs. 38,203.
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School employees responsible for accounts: Monthly remuneration increased from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000.
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Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilitators: Monthly remuneration increased from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 17,000.
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School support staff: Monthly remuneration increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000.
With the implementation of this remuneration increase, the government will incur an additional annual financial liability of Rs. 4,689,828,100.
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