SEN teachers to receive additional allowance

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has announced plans to pay an additional financial allowance to special educational needs (SEN) teachers – amid concerns over shortage of teachers trained in the field.

On the Q&A platform ‘Raeesge Javaab’ on Saturday, Aishath Shaufa, a SEN teacher at the M. Mulaku School, expressed concern over the shortage of trained SEN teachers, and also asked the president to reinstate the risk allowance previously paid to them.

President Muizzu responded that the risk allowance was dropped following the implementation of a new pay framework by the previous administration.

“In Sha Allah, with respect to your concerns, the government will reinstate a risk allowance for SEN teachers or another special monetary allowance,” he said.

Addressing concerns over the shortage in trained SEN teachers, President Muizzu said training SEN teachers was a key policy of his administration.

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16 މާރިޗް 2024

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He said that the administration will run a program in mid-year to train teachers in fields that are currently lacking, including SEN.

“Special priority will be paid to SEN teachers, and teachers will be trained in this field under a program that will be conducted mid-year. But before that, we will assess how many teachers are immediately available in this field and work to boost the number of teachers,” he said.

Under the changes made to the pay structure of education development professionals during the previous administration, the lowest ranking teachers now receive over MVR 20,000, while the highest ranking teachers receive MVR 32,218.