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Travelling and Baggage Allowance

7.

On first appointment only, teachers who travel by air are eligible for the grant of an allowance to assist with travelling and baggage expenses

and with the cost of initial outfit. The rate of allowance is :

Single teacher

Married teacher

800

$1,600

Marriage of Women Teachers Employed on Overseas Terms

8.

If

a) Married women are not eligible for employment from overseas

on contract, and the services of a woman teacher are

automatically terminated on the date of her marriage.

she wishes to continue in her appointment she may be

re-appointed on local terms of service.

(b) If a woman teacher married within the first year of a contract,

the school will be required to refund to Government the cost of outward passage as under paragraph 6 together with the cost of baggage and travelling allowance as under paragraph 7. If, however, she satisfactorily completes full duties for the first year of the contract period, the school will be

entitled to be reimbursed with the refund. If she completes

the second year of the contract she may be granted a homeward passage provided her husband is not entitled to a homeward passage allowance for his wife under his terms of service. (c) If the marriage takes place during the second year of a

contract and the teacher satisfactorily completes the full

duties for the contract period, she may be granted a homeward passage to her country of origin, provided her husband is not entitled to a homeward passage allowance for his wife under

his terms of service.

Teachers Employed on Overseas Terms prior to 1st April 1973

9.

The provisions of this appendix shall apply to teachers who were

employed on overseas terms under the Grant Code prior to 1st April 1973 as

and when their contracts are renewed. Such teachers may however, with the

approval of their school management committees and the Director, opt to

become subject to the provisions of this appendix prior to completion of

their present contracts. Where approval of such an option is given, the

teacher's contract shall be deemed to be varied in accordance with the

provisions of this appendix excluding paragraph 7.