Guest Teacher Salary Hiked by 20 Percent in Haryana

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The Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, today announced the decision of the state government to effect a 20 per cent increase in the remuneration of guest teachers in the state with effect from July 1, 2011.

The hike comes as a gift for the guest teachers even as Teacher’s Day is just a couple of days away. The revision will benefit as many as 15,400 teachers. This is the fourth hike in the remuneration of guest teachers effected by the Hooda government. It will cost the state exchequer Rs 50 crore a year.

The Education Minister, Geeta Bhukkal, said with this increase, a lecturer would now get Rs 19,400 per month against Rs 16,200 per month; masters and language teachers Rs 15,840 per month against Rs 13,200; and JBT/drawing teachers Rs 14,400 per month against Rs 12,000. “This will help boost the morale of guest teachers and motivate them to improve teaching in schools,” Bhukkal said.

This is the fourth time that the Haryana Government has hiked the remuneration of guest teachers in the state. The first increase was made in January 2008, the second in April 2009 and the third increase was effected from July 2010. "The decision to hike the remuneration has been taken to ensure adequate strength of teachers for the 27.33-lakh children studying in government schools, to mitigate the impact of rising inflation and to improve the quality of education,” Bhukkal said.

With a view to achieving the objective of ensuring quality education in Haryana, the state government had decided in 2007 to fill all vacant posts by hiring guest faculty so that students may benefit and their studies did not suffer for want of teachers. At present, there are about 15,400 guest faculty teachers in different categories in the state.

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