TEACHERS need to be paid according to their qualification and not by position to improve quality of education, Prime Minister James Marape says. Marape said he had talked about this when he was the Education Minister and he wanted this to be the practice. “We will re-look at entire teachers’ salary for the country,” he said. “Teachers must be paid not on their position but on qualification. “I have talked about this when I was the education minister. “If you have master’s degree and teaching at a primary school, you must be paid based on your qualification. “If that policy hasn’t come out clear, I want it to come out clear now.”
Marape said teachers needed to be paid based on their qualifications because the country needed more qualified teachers in schools. He said if his government was returned after the general election they would make this a policy. “Investment in education is a generational investment and I understand this fully,” he said. “Without teachers, we will not be where we are.” Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra said for any country to progress, the first thing was to get everyone educated and secondly to ensure quality education. “Teachers are key people responsible for this and the quality of education in the country and they must be well looked after.” The National / PNG Education News Next : University Of Goroka Teacher Graduates Told To Serve With Loyalty Comments are closed.
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