The Ministry of Public Service and Labor (MIFOTRA) has revealed that teachers will be paid based on the matching between their qualifications and what they actually do other than payments depending on the degrees or experience unrelated to the job.
The Minister of Public Service and Labor, Judith Uwizeye revealed this yesterday as she met members of the social welfare parliamentary committee to discuss matters that arose in the report on public servants of 2014/2015.
Article 31 of the ministerial order of September 2010 states that an employee gets horizontal promotion when he/she is taken to a position higher than what he/she occupied before.
This order rules that a promoted employee must be paid in accordance with the new status. A public servant is supposed to be promoted within a period of three years from one position or before if they have demonstrated eloquent performance.
The report pointed out challenges created in promoting health sector public servants yet their counterparts in the education sector, the teachers, do not benefit from such additional emoluments which prompted MPs to ask Minister Judith uwizeye about the mismatch.
“We hear that some teachers get motivation fees while others get nothing. How can they get promoted and receive motivation,” asked Honourable Nyandwi Desire.
Uwizeye said that they are working on how to promote teachers and provide better motivation which is expected to start soon.
“Perhaps teachers were not used to getting promotions. They were paid for qualifications and experience which had no upgrading. We shall start upgrading their emoluments,” she said.
She further says that the money to pay for promoted teachers has been secured.
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“When the process is concluded, we will promote those due and then release the yearly benefits. The funds are available as we have already negotiated with the Ministry of Finance and Economic planning,” she said.
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