The Nepal government has decided to increase the salaries of teachers, early childhood development (ECD) facilitators, and school staff working under federal grants.
The government have decided to increase the salaries of teachers, Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilitators, and school employees who work under the federal teaching support grant. This decision was taken by Council of Ministers after Ministry of Education and Sports presented a proposal.
In the cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister and Council of Ministers office in Singha Durbar, government decided to increase previous salary grant of teachers working under the federal teaching support grant quota by 10 percent.
New Salary Structure for Teachers and Staff
With this new decision, the monthly salary of secondary level teachers has gone up to Rs. 48,058 from previous Rs. 43,669. For basic level teachers, their monthly salary is now Rs. 38,203, which was Rs. 34,730 earlier.
Similarly, the monthly grant provided by federal government to ECD facilitators, school staff, and school assistants has been increased by Rs. 5,000 per month.
Because of this hike, monthly salary of ECD facilitators has increased from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 17,000. School assistants will now get Rs. 15,000 instead of Rs. 10,000. For school staff who handle the accounts, the salary is raised from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000.
Minister’s Remarks and Financial Impact
Education and Sports Minister Sasmit Pokharel said that this is first step to solve the problems faced by school staff and ECD facilitators working in far-off schools for a long time. He said that government is committed to their job security, professional growth, and career development.
Minister Pokharel also mentioned that they are trying to solve long-lasting problems in school education through dialogue. He thanked Finance Minister for helping to manage necessary budget even though there are limited resources.
This pay hike will directly benefit ECD facilitators, school staff, assistants, and grant-quota teachers working on low salary in community schools. It is expected to increase morale of school staff and help to make education quality better.
According to government, implementing this salary increase will bring an additional yearly financial liability of Rs. 4 arba 68 crore 98 lakh 28 thousand 100 on the government.
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