Issue of Teachers' Salary decided on Cabinet ! Five recommendations given.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the recommendations provided to resolve the salary anomaly issues of teachers and principals.

The recommendations were made by the Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to look into the elimination of salary anomalies in the teacher-principal services and to make recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers.

The decisions were taken after holding discussions with the representatives of 33 Teacher, Principal, and Teacher Instructor unions.

The following decisions were taken by the Cabinet after considering the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee:

• Granting policy approval to implement the recommendations of the Cabinet Sub-Committee

• Issuing gazette notification before 20th November 2021 declaring teacher service, teacher advisory service, and principal services as closed services

• Implementation of the salary revisions recommended by the Cabinet Sub-Committee to eliminate the salary anomalies of teachers and principals, in stages through a 2022 budget proposal

• Granting a special allowance of Rs. 5000 for teachers and principals who are on duty during the months of September and October 2021

• Taking necessary steps by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Provincial Councils and other relevant authorities to implement the other proposals of the Sub-Committee within 6 months.