Teachers 'Insulted' by $6000 Pay Increase Offer
November 16, 2022
PHOTO: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
Teachers and principals at primary and secondary schools look set to refuse a $6000 pay rise describing it as disappointing and hard to stomach.
For most teachers the Education Ministry’s offer would provide about half the increase teacher unions, the Post Primary Teachers Association and Educational Institute, are seeking.
The offer was $4000 on settlement with no backdating, a further $2000 next year and for principals a $5000 increase in schools’ operations grants to be used for principals’ wellbeing.
For teachers starting their career the offer would provide a pay rise of 10 percent spread over two years, but for most teachers, who are earning $90,000 a year or more, it was worth less than 7 percent over two years or half the current rate of inflation.