DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLICITY

GOVERNMENT OF DELHI

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New Delhi: 08/12/2016

Guest Teachers' salary a lmost doubled; paid leave also granted

· Salaries of 17000 guest teachers will be increased as a result of today's decision

· Casual leaves, monthly disbursement of salary introduced for the first time

Delhi Cabinet in its meeting on Thursday chaired by the Chief Minister Mr Arvind Kejriwal cleared a major decision
which will affect 17000 guest teachers working in schools of the Directorate of Education.
Guest teachers were deployed by the DoE as a stopgap arrangement against vacancies in teacher positions, on a per
day remuneration basis. They will no longer be paid on a daily basis, but will be provided with an assured
consolidated amount on a monthly basis. Under the prevailing system, the highest salary a guest teacher could earn in
one month was not more than Rs 17500. As per the revised pay scales, guest teachers who have cleared the CBSE's
CTET will receive between Rs 32,200 and Rs 34,100 depending on the grade-level they are deployed at.

S. Category Current Policy New Policy:

No. Renumeration per Effective Current
day Monthly Renumeration Monthly
Renumeration
1 Assistant Teacher Rs 700 Rs. 17,500 Rs.32,200
(Primary)
2. TGTs Rs. 800 Rs. 20,000 Rs. 33,120
3. PGTs Rs. 900 Rs. 22,500 Rs. 34,100
4. Special Education Rs. 800 Rs.20,000 Rs. 33, 120
Teachers

Guest teachers who have not yet cleared

CTET, will be continued on a daily salary. However, the daily remuneration has been
substantially increased. They will be given two opportunities to clear the CTET exam.
Upon clearing the exam, they will also receive a monthly salary, as stated above.

S. No. Category Current Policy New Policy

Renumeration Effective Renumeration Effective Monthly
per day Monthly per day Renumeration
Renumeration
1 Assistant Rs.700 Rs.17,500 Rs.1000 Rs.25,000
Teacher
(Primary)
2 TGTs Rs. 800 Rs.20,000 Rs.1050 Rs.26,250

3 Misc Teachers Rs. 800 Rs.20,000 Rs.1050 Rs.26,250

(Drawing, PET,
Librarian, etc)
4 Special Rs. 800 Rs.20,000 Rs.1050 Rs.26,250
Education
Teachers
This is an almost 100% increase in remunerations, and will be an important step towards rationalisation of salaries
of teachers. Guest teachers will now be able to claim up to a maximum of 8 Casual Leaves (CLs) in each calendar
year. In the past guest teachers were not eligible for casual leave, maternity leave or any other paid leave.

Teachers are the most crucial stakeholders in the government's education machinery, and the success of the
government's policies depend on them. They are builders of society and shapers of young minds. It is imperative that
they be treated with the dignity they deserve and be rewarded for their unmatched contributions. This is one more step
towards the Delhi Government's mission to upgrade the quality of education at government schools.

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