Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has made a big announcement in the teaching sector. On Tuesday, CM Mann said that the salaries of 12,700 teachers, who were regularised recently, have been increased by up to three times.Punjab announces increments of up to three times for teachersIn an official statement, the chief minister said that these teachers will be known as associate teachers and special inclusive teachers. Also, he said that they will be governed by a Police for Welfare of Adhoc, Contractual, Temporary Teachers (Nation Builders) and other employees in the School Education Department.In a major gift to the 12700 contractual teachers whos service has been regularised recently by the state government, CM @BhagwantMann announced upto three time increase in their emoluments and other benefits of the government job after regularisation of their services. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ggVAtr8Nwu— Government of Punjab (@PunjabGovtIndia) June 27, 2023The salaries will be decided based on their educational qualifications and primary conditions for entry into services, their emoluments have also been fixed up to the completion of 58 years in the service.CM Mann said that these teachers will be entitled to an increment of 5 per cent on their salaries per year.What will be the salaries of the teachers nowSpeaking about the salary hike, he said, “BA pass education providers (associate teachers) who were hitherto getting ₹ 9,500 per month will now get ₹ 20,500 as an emolument whereas such teachers with ETT (elementary trained teachers) and NTT (nursery teacher training) qualifications will get ₹ 22,000 as compared to the salary of ₹ 10,250 at present.” For the teachers holding BA, MA, and B. Ed degrees, presently getting a salary of ₹ 11,000, now will get ₹ 23,500 as their emolument. Thats not it, the inclusive education volunteers will also get paid ₹ 15,000 instead of ₹ 5,500, the chief minister added. Further, the Punjab CM said the education volunteers, presently getting a salary of ₹ 3,500 will be paid ₹ 15,000, said CM Mann, adding that the teachers under the EGS (employment guarantee scheme and the AIE (alternative and innovative education) who are getting emolument worth ₹ 6,000 will now get ₹ 18,000.Landmark decision: CM Bhagwant MannTaking notes from the latest development, CM Bhagwant Mann said, “This is a landmark decision of the state government which will ensure the holistic development of these teachers.”Hitting out at the previous governments, the chief minister added that these teachers have delivered services for over ten years in the education department after which the Punjab government regularised their services whereas the earlier governments had just done lip service on the issue.
