3% OFFER: SOME TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE E159 IF...

MANZINI – After waiting three years for a cost-of-living adjustment (CoLA), teachers with a Primary Teaching Diploma (PTD) will get only E159.81 before tax should they agree to the three per cent offer by government.

So far, public sector associations (PSAs) have not accepted the offer tabled by government. The PSAs are four unions that represent civil servants and they are: National Public Service and Allied Workers Union (NAPSAWU), Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union (SWADNU), Swaziland National Association of Government Accounts Professionals (SNAGAP) and Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT).
The SNAT Nation Executive Committee (NEC), tabulated its members’ salary grades and notches in an effort to show them how much they would get should they accept government’s current offer of three per cent.

attention

The association paid attention to eight categories which were either being deliberated in court and/or there were appeals against them following the Salary Review Exercise of 2016.
The eight grades are: B2 Notch 1 which is that of PTD holders. According to a statement released by the SNAT Secretary General, Sikelela Dlamini, this category is mainly made up of school leavers. He said this was because government was yet to create diploma posts to correctly place these teachers.

In this grade, if the teachers agree to the three per cent, they shall earn an annual salary of E65 844. This will be an improvement of E1 918 as they currently get E63 926.
These teachers currently earn E5 327.17 per month and shall earn E5 486.98 if they accept the E159.81 proposed CoLA.

Teachers on grade C2 Notch 5, earn E109 912 annually which translates to E9 159.33 per month. With the proposed three per cent increment, they shall earn E113 209 annually and E9 434.11 monthly.
This means that their CoLA would be E274.78 before tax.
Another grade is C3 Notch 1, which is held by teachers who hold a BA in Humanities. These teachers, according Dlamini, were those who were recently employed.
With the proposed three per cent CoLA, these teachers shall get an extra E288.80 per month. It shall move their annual income from E115 520 to E118 986 which means from earning E9 626.67 per month they would earn E9 915.47.

grade

A further grade, according to Dlamini, was C4 Notch 1. These, he said, were teachers who had degrees but did not possess any certificate in education, such as the post graduate certificate in education or post graduate diploma in education (PGCE/PGDE).
These teachers, according to the unionist, include those who studied under the Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) at the University of Eswatini.

For these teachers, their salaries shall be improved from E139 122 to E143 296. Currently, they earn E11 593.50 and with the three per cent CoLA, they would earn E11 941.31 which translates to a difference of E347.81.
Furthermore, another grade that would yield a minimal benefit was C5 Notch 1. Dlamini said these were Bachelor of Arts (BA) and PGCE/PGDE holders.
Also, among these teachers, Dlamini said were those who possessed the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Primary who had been recently placed in the correct posts.
For these teachers, their three per cent CoLA shall be E418.85. This means that their monthly salary shall move from E13 961.92 to E14 380.77 which computes to an annual salary of E172 569. This shall be a E5 026 annual increase as their current yearly salary is E167 543.

The sixth grade is D3 Notch 1 which are newly-promoted deputy head teachers in primary schools and heads of department in secondary schools.
This means newly-promoted deputy head teachers and heads of departments at primary schools shall get E471.54 as their CoLA if the three per cent is ageed upon. This may increase their salary from E15 717.83 to E16 189.37. Annually they shall have an increment of E5 658 which would take their pay from E188 614 to E194 272.
Furthermore, another grade is D4 Notch 1 which is of newly-promoted deputy head teachers in secondary schools and newly-engaged head teachers in primary schools.

increment

The three per cent CoLA shall give these teachers an annual increment of E6 507 as their salary would increase from E216 905 to E223 412. The actual CoLA they shall get per month before tax is E542.26. This means that these teachers shall stop earning E18 075.42 and get E18 617.68.
The last grade that was highlighted by the SNAT NEC was D5 Notch 1. These, according to Dlamini, were newly-appointed head teachers in secondary schools.

Teachers in this grade shall benefit E7 483 per year as their three per cent CoLA shall be E623.61 per month before tax.
This means, instead of earning an annual salary of E249 442, they shall get E256 925.
This in essence means that their monthly salary shall move from E20 786.83 to E21 410.44.

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