The head teachers of all government primary schools have their salaries raised to the 10th grade.
The government on Monday made the decision for the salary upgrade, according to a press release issued by the primary and mass education ministry.
The decision will be applicable to all the 65,502 head teachers of the government primary schools, it said.
Before the decision, the trained head teachers used to get salaries as per the 11th grade and the head teachers without training used to get salaries as per the 12th grade.
The release said that recently decision was taken to upgrade 45 government primary school head teachers鈥� salaries from then existing 11th grade to 10th grade following a Supreme Court order in a civil review Petition Number 124/2022.
After the Supreme Court order, the government also considered and decided to upgrade the salaries of all the 65,502 government primary school head teachers to the 10th grade from the existing 11th and 12th grade.
The decision met the prolonged demand of the head teachers of these educational institutions, the release said.
It also said that the decision would ensure the financial security of the teachers and enhanced their social dignity.
The decision would help bring a positive impact on the overall development of primary education, the release added.
Earlier a consultation committee on quality improvement of primary and non-formal education, formed by the ministry in September last year, recommended immediate pay rise for the government primary school teachers.
They made the recommendation in February this year.
