The Burmese government has announced that it will increase civil servant’s salaries by 20,000 kyat a month. Workers learned about the pay-raise when letters ordering the increase were sent to public institutions throughout Burma at the beginning of 2010.
A high school principal informed IMNA that the salary increase orders are meant to ease the financial burdens of civil servants across the country.
According to this principal, the pay increase was ordered by the Burmese government’s Custom’s Department on December 31st, 2009. Despite the fact that the financial year for Burmese civil servants will technically end in April, the Burmese government has decided that the pay raises will commence at the end of January 2010.
A teacher from a primary school heard from the school’s project planner that the salary increases are only temporary; the pay raises will last for 15 months, until the end of the Burmese financial year in 2011. At this point the government will decide whether or not the salary increases will become permanent.
A teacher from Mon State said that the lower civilian staff, like janitors and security guards, who currently are paid roughly 15,000 kyat a month, will get 35,000 kyat per month with the increases. The teachers from primary schools, middle schools, and high schools will also receive an additional 20,000 kyat a month.
“It is good that they are increasing salaries, because my current salary is not convenient for me, as I am a primary school teacher, and also married. It is a little more helpful if they increase salaries. Currently, commodity prices are also rising, so with my current salary it is difficult. But, we have heard that the salary increase is only for 1 year and 3 months. This is not good for us” she said.
A set salary of 100,000 kyat per month would be ideal for Burma’s civil servants, she added. Primary school teachers typically earn less than their counterparts in middle schools and high schools, as they usually have less teaching experience.
A high school teacher from Three Pagoda Pass, Karen State, who already earns 80,000 kyat a month told IMNA, “We heard about the increased salaries, but we will get them at the end of January. In my view, my previous salary was also sufficient for me, but it better that they are increasing it by 20,000 kyat.”
Source :http://www.monnews-imna.com/newsupdate.php?ID=1651
A high school principal informed IMNA that the salary increase orders are meant to ease the financial burdens of civil servants across the country.
According to this principal, the pay increase was ordered by the Burmese government’s Custom’s Department on December 31st, 2009. Despite the fact that the financial year for Burmese civil servants will technically end in April, the Burmese government has decided that the pay raises will commence at the end of January 2010.
A teacher from a primary school heard from the school’s project planner that the salary increases are only temporary; the pay raises will last for 15 months, until the end of the Burmese financial year in 2011. At this point the government will decide whether or not the salary increases will become permanent.
A teacher from Mon State said that the lower civilian staff, like janitors and security guards, who currently are paid roughly 15,000 kyat a month, will get 35,000 kyat per month with the increases. The teachers from primary schools, middle schools, and high schools will also receive an additional 20,000 kyat a month.
“It is good that they are increasing salaries, because my current salary is not convenient for me, as I am a primary school teacher, and also married. It is a little more helpful if they increase salaries. Currently, commodity prices are also rising, so with my current salary it is difficult. But, we have heard that the salary increase is only for 1 year and 3 months. This is not good for us” she said.
A set salary of 100,000 kyat per month would be ideal for Burma’s civil servants, she added. Primary school teachers typically earn less than their counterparts in middle schools and high schools, as they usually have less teaching experience.
A high school teacher from Three Pagoda Pass, Karen State, who already earns 80,000 kyat a month told IMNA, “We heard about the increased salaries, but we will get them at the end of January. In my view, my previous salary was also sufficient for me, but it better that they are increasing it by 20,000 kyat.”
Source :http://www.monnews-imna.com/newsupdate.php?ID=1651
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