CMC – Education minister in Jamaica, Fayval Williams, says an estimated 1,155 new teachers who joined the education sector will receive salaries in September, after the ministry implemented measures to ensure that they are paid.
Williams told Parliament that under normal circumstances, for a teacher to be paid in a particular month, the employment documents must be submitted by the last working day of the previous month.
She told legislators that the Ministry had received files for 782 new teachers on or before the September 12, deadline and of that total, 624 had been processed, and 158 were deemed incomplete because they did not meet the required standard to enable payment.
In addition, 373 new teachers’ files were submitted after the extended deadline.
The Accountant General’s Department also confirmed that the payroll process has begun with two billion dollars (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) already released into the accounts of bursar-paid schools, which are those high schools that pay teachers directly.
The Education Minister also confirmed that there had been the sudden resignation of scores of teachers, especially in the week before back-to-school, even though the Education Act and Regulations call for permanent teachers to give three months’ notice, and for those who are temporary the resignation notice period is one month.
“In some cases, resignation letters were dated the same day as the effective date of the resignation. While we cannot stop teachers from making their personal decisions to resign, we ask for observance of the law,” she said.
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