Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Ministry of Education has clarified on the just-announced review in teachers’ salaries and the implication of the rise in the remuneration of teachers in primary and secondary schools.
The salary increase was announced by Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, who said that this was done to minimize the turnover of teachers in public schools and thereby increase the quality of education.
The premier, while addressing a joint parliamentary session on Monday, August 1, announced that teachers would get up to 88 percent salary increase effective August, 2022.
However, according to Minister of Education Valentine Uwamariya, primary school teachers (only those with A2 certificates) will get the 88 percent pay rise.
By implication, she said that starting August, a primary school teacher will be paid Rwf108,488 up from Rwf57,639.
In the same light, she pointed out that the government will also increase salaries for teachers with an A1 certificate to Rwf136,895 from Rwf191,811, representing a 40 percentage increase.
For degree holders, (A0), mainly secondary school teachers, Minister Uwamariya said that they will now receive Rwf246,384 up from Rwf176,189.
Like the teachers, she highlighted that the government also revised salaries of head teachers, deans, as well as supporting staff.
Besides injecting Rwf5 billion into Umwalimu Sacco, the teachers’ saving cooperative to increase access to finance, Uwamariya said that Secondary school head teachers (including TVET) will now receive Rwf314,850, while their primary school counterparts will receive Rwf152,525 up from Rwf101,681.
Both dean of students and discipline in public schools depending on whether they are hired on the basis of A0, A1, A2, will also see an increase of up to Rwf283,656, Rwf163,506, Rwf97,826.
“It is not about the rise in the payment, but we are looking at it as a way of creating a conducive environment for teachers who have long been unstable in this profession,” she told the national broadcaster.
At the expense of the government losing over 1000 teachers every month in order to seek for better welfare, Uwamariya sounded optimistic that the move will among others, retain them but also improve their welfare.
“When a teacher’s welfare improves, they tend to attend to their classes perfectly and lessons are delivered in time for the students. This will also boost our quality of education.”
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