KUWAIT CITY, June 17: The teachers’ payscale motion is out of the parliament at this moment and the government will deal with the motion, as per the Constitution, the Minister of Education and Higher Education Ahmad Al-Mulaifi was quoted by Al-Anba daily as saying.
Al-Mulaifi added that the Council of Ministers refused to pass the motion as the parliament approved in its discussion, seeing that the government has accomplished better than the motion’s items.
Meanwhile, Al-Qabas daily published details of the motion that specifies that a KD 150 allowance will be paid to all supervisors and KD 200 will be given to master’s degree holders, and PhD holders will receive KD 400. The allowance for excellent duty will be raised to KD 1,500 annually, and teachers who pass the training courses accredited by the Civil Service Commission will obtain bonuses not exceeding KD 1,000 during a particular school year.
The Kuwaiti teachers will obtain indemnities equivalent to their combined salaries for one and a half years, once the male teachers have spent 30 years and the female teachers spend 25 years in service. The decision applies to those who are forced to retire due to medical reasons, and with 50 or more percent disability, regardless of the number of years spent in teaching. The pay scale motion was approved by the parliament Wednesday, the daily added.