Revised salaries will be paid from this month

• The service of in-service advisors in teaching was not established at  the time of preparing the relevant salary proposal in 2018
• Cabinet gave the green light to introduce salary scales for that service

By Sandun A. Jayasekera  

The salary anomalies in the teachers’ and principals ‘ services would be duly eliminated after two decades as promised by the government to the relevant trade unions and the revised salaries will be paid from this month, government spokesman, Plantation Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said.   

Minister Dr. Pathirana said the Ministry of Education had submitted a proposal to the then Special Salaries and Remuneration Commission, which was prepared in consultation with the trade unions, regarding the elimination of salary anomalies in teacher-principal services.  

The Cabinet on Monday has given approval to eliminate salary anomalies in teacher-principal services. Steps have also been taken to allocate funds through the 2022 budget proposals to implement that proposal, he added.  
The service of in-service advisors in teaching was not established at the time of preparing the relevant salary proposal in 2018. Therefore, the Cabinet gave the green light to introduce salary scales for that service and to eliminate salary anomalies in the Teachers’ and Principals ‘ services.   

Government teachers and principals launched trade union action for over three months last year demanding the government to remove salary anomalies of teachers and principals that had been delayed for about 
two decades.  

‘The beauty of the removal of salary anomalies of teachers and Principals is that they will be paid Rs. 5,000 in January in addition to their increased pay packet under the government’s Rs. 229 billion ‘Economic Relief Package’ announced this week, he added. 

• The Cabinet on Monday has given approval to eliminate salary anomalies in teacher-principal services