Teachers in Rwanda receive an 88% salary increment

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The CPD allowance, first introduced in 2020, aims to empower teachers by providing them with the financial means to pursue professional development activities.
The CPD allowance, first introduced in 2020, aims to empower teachers by providing them with the financial means to pursue professional development activities.
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The Ministry of Education of the Ruplic of Rwanda has announced an 88% increment in salary for its teachers.

At their Cabinet meeting held on 29 July 2022, which discussed strategies to improve the welfare of teachers, including access to finance through Umwarimu SACCO; promoting the quality of education in public and government-aided schools for general education and TVET;

The following decisions were taken by the Ministry:

  1. To allocate 5 billion FRW to Umwarimu SACCO in order to strengthen liquidity conditions and access to finance by teachers.
  2. To increase salaries for teachers as follows:
  3. For a teacher recruited and paid on basis of A2 certificate (total of 68,207 teachers) will increase by 88% of net starting salary or 50,849 FRW

II. For a teacher recruited and paid on basis of A1 diploma (total of 12,214 teachers) will increase by 40% of net starting salary or 54,916 FRW;

III. For a teacher recruited and paid on basis of A0 degree (total of 17,547 teachers) will increase by 40% of net starting salary or 70,195 FRW.

  1. The salaries for Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers, and support staff working in public and government-aided schools have been also revised upwards. These decisions come into force from the payment of the teacher salaries of August 2022.
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