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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1990
KINDERGARTENS
SALARY
SCALĘS, AVERAGE
ABOUT
"ALLOWING FOR INFLATION AND ASSUMING THAT ALL KINDERGARTENS PAY THEIR TEACHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDED IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR, THE WEIGHTED
INCREASE FROM OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING FEE
WILL $2,650 TO ABOUT $3,160 PER ANNUM. INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS NEXT THEREFORE RANGE FROM ABOUT $790 (QUARTER REMISSION) (FULL REMISSION)," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
YEAR WILLY TO ABOUT $3,160
THE NEW SCHEME, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVAL,
THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $14 MILLION IN
EXISTING OPERATION, COMPARED WITH $6.5 MILLION CURRENTLY SPENT ON THE
THE YEAR,
TOTAL FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME. DURING THE 1990-91 FINANCIAL
EXISTING SCHEME WILL STILL BE COST WILL BE $11 MILLION AS THE
IN
PLACE UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST THIS YEAR.
DIRECT GOVERNMENT
POINTED OUT
IN
COMMENTING ON CALLS BY CONCERNED GROUPS FOR SUBSIDY OF KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS SALARIES, THE SPOKESMAN THAT THE CURRENT KINDERGARTEN POLICY WAS BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 2 THAT "SOME DEGREE OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS JUSTIFIED TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN CONTINUE
PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION THOUGH WE ACCESS TO KINDERGARTENS SHOULD BE SUBSUMED INTO AN AIDED SECTOR".
THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE OF THE NEW THEREFORE THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD
KINDERGARTEN
PARENTS
RATHER THAN
TOWARDS TESTED, BUT EXTENDED TO MORE PARENTS.
SALARY
TO HAVE THAT
CANNOT RECOMMEND
FEE REMISSION SCHEME 19 CONTINUE ΤΟ BE DIRECTED AND MEANS- OPERATORS,
ALL
KINDERGARTEN PARENTS
FOR SUPPLEMENTATION TO INTRODUCE A TEACHERS WOULD IN EFFECT BE ASKING TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDISE ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF NEED, HE POINTED OUT.
ΤΟ
GOVERNMENT THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE
HAD DRAWN UP RECOMMENDED KINDERGARTENS WERE AND
NOW SALARY SCALES FOR TEACHERS,
ALLOWED THE COST OF PUTTING UP THEIR TEACHERS' RAISE THEIR FEES TO MEET SALARIES TO THE RECOMMENDED LEVELS.
THE
TO ENSURE THAT KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE
REQUIRED SALARY INCREASES APPLIED FOR, KINDERGARTEN OPERATORS WILL BE
THESE то THE TO MAINTAIN A RECORD OF SALARY PAYMENTS AND TO SUBMIT
WHEN APPLYING FOR FURTHER FEE INCREASES IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING YEARS,
THE RECOMMENDED SALARIES RANGE FROM $6,560-$9,970 (PLUS A ALLOWANCE FOR A HEAD TEACHER) FOR A QUALIFIED KINDERGARTEN TEACHER $3,725-$6,970 FOR A QUALIFIED ASSISTANT KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.
THE RECOMMENDED SALARY FOR AN UNQUALIFIED TEACHER RECOGNISED TRAINING IS $3,570.
$500
ΤΟ
WITHOUT ANY
"THE
RECOMMENDED SALARY
SCALES SHOULD ENCOURAGE QUALIFIED A GREATER NUMBER TEACHERS TO REMAIN IN THE PROFESSION AND RESULT IN
SEEKING
TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL OF UNQUALIFIED ONES
THE SPOKESMAN
ADDED.
/AN ADVANCE