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Tuesday, May 8, 1973

The salary points will be increased by 3% from 1 April 1972 in

line with the general increase in Government salaries already announced.

The basic scale from that date will therefore range from $1,295 to $1,815,

and the extra scale from $1,915 to $2,115.

Announcing the establishment of a small commission, a Government

spokesman said that the Governor was anxious that the underlying causes

should be identified and any lessons learnt. Its terms of Reference

would be as follows:

1. To examine the underlying causes of the dispute

which has arisen between the Certificated Masters

in Government and aided-schools and the Government, including existing channels of communication and promotion prospects.

2.

To advise on what measures, apart from the newly announced salary scales, should be taken to obviate

a recurrence of such a dispute affecting teachers employed in Government and aided schools.

Commenting on the amendments to the pay scale a Government spokesman

recalled that the Morgan Working Group had urged that a starting salary

of $1,250 should be considered if the educational qualifications for entrants

to the training colleges were raised and the standard of the Teachers Certificate accordingly improved.

"This proposal was accepted in principle in March this year" the

spokesman said, "and an interim scheme was announced proposing an additional increment to teachers graduating with credit from the training Colleges"

he added.

The Morgan