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Thursday, March 29, 1973

PAY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS

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A new scale of $1,175

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$2,050 per month has been established

for certificated masters, backdated to 1st April 1971. In addition

the standard of the Teacher's Certificate is to be raised, and this will

be coupled with an increase in the starting salary to $1,250.

These salary points apply to the scale as at 1st April 1971.

They will be increased by from the 1st April 1972 in line with the

general increase in Government salaries. already announced.

Announcing this today a Government spokesman said that, as an

interim measure, starting this summer, all new graduates from teacher

training colleges who are awarded a Teacher's Certificate with credit"

will be granted an extra increment to bring them to a starting point

of $1,250 on first appointment as certificated masters. During this

intervening period, other new graduates will enter at the start of the

scale at $1,175 per month.

These arrangements, which are in line with the recommendations

of the Morgan Working Group, are intended as a first step towards

improving the quality of the teaching service. This will be done by

raising the entrance qualifications to training colleges and improving

the standard of the Teacher's Certificate.

When this is achieved, all graduates from the training colleges

will receive a starting salary of 31,250 per month on first appointment

as certificated masters.

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