Appendix 3
Salary Scales and Allowances of Teachers
in Primary Schools
(This
appendix should be read in conjunction with Appendix 5)
(A) Salary Scales
The
salary scales of teaching staff in each grade and rank are as follows:
Grade/Rank Salary
Scale
(Points
on the Master Pay Scale)
1. Headmaster/Headmistress
(HM I) 38-41
2. Headmaster/Headmistress
II (HM II) 35-39
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on
3.
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on
4. Primary School
Master/Mistress (PSM) 30-33
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5.
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17-29
if appointed before 1.4.2000 12-29 if appointed between 1.4.2000 and 31.7.2007 (both dates inclusive) 17-29 if appointed between 1.8.2007 15-29 if appointed on or after 1.10.20 |
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Untrained
APSM will not be allowed to proceed beyond the salary bar as shown below- Date
of appointment Salary
Bar Before
1.4.2000 27 Between 1.4.2000 and 30.9.2010 (both dates inclusive) 22 On
or after 1.10.2010
20 |
Remarks : With effect
from 1.8.2007, the salary bar would be set at five pay points above the
prevailing starting salary and would be adjusted automatically whenever there
is a change in the starting salary in the future. A serving untrained APSM without a break
in service is subject to the adjusted salary bar or the highest salary
bar point he / she has ever experienced in the appointment as APSM, whichever
is the higher.
6. Principal
Assistant Master/Mistress (PAM)# 34-39
(* Bar at 36)
7. Senior Assistant
Master/Mistress (SAM)# 30-33C
(* Bar at 33)
(*
Passage requires acquisition a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Primary Education, or
equivalent.)
8. Assistant
Master/Mistress (AM) 25-29
9. Certificated
Master/Mistress (CM) 14-24 if appointed before 1.4.2000
12-24
if appointed between 1.4.2000 and 31.7.2007
14-24
if appointed on or after 1.8.2007
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Untrained CM will not be allowed to
proceed beyond the salary bar as shown below- Date
of appointment Salary
Bar Between
1.1.1991 and 31.3.2000 (both dates inclusive) 19 Between
1.4.2000 and 31.7.2007 (both dates inclusive) 17 On
or after 1.8.2007 19 |
Remarks : With effect
from 1.8.2007, the salary bar would be set at five pay points above the prevailing starting salary and would be
adjusted automatically whenever there is a change in the starting salary in the
future. A serving untrained CM
without a break in service is subject to the adjusted salary bar or the
highest salary bar point he / she has ever experienced in the appointment as CM,
whichever is the higher.
10. Unqualified Teacher (UQT) 4
#
No non-degree holders should be appointed as new school heads. Serving heads at
AM, SAM and PAM rank who are non-degree holders will be accommodated until
natural wastage.
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(B) Supply Teachers
Appointment Salary
per working day
|
Qualified
Teacher Unqualified
Teacher |
Refer
to Revised Daily Rates of Pay for Supply Teachers as announced in Education Bureau Circular
currently in force. |
(C) Responsibility Allowance
(a) An
Assistant Master/Mistress# as Head of a primary
school with less than 12 classes will be awarded a responsibility allowance (RA)
at a rate equivalent to one increment on the Master Pay Scale above the level
of his substantive salary while serving in this capacity.
(b) An Assistant
Master/Mistress Deputy Head of a primary school with 12 or more classes in
addition to undertaking special duties as a Senior Teacher will be awarded a RA
at a rate equivalent to three-quarters of one increment on the Master Pay Scale
above the level of his substantive salary while serving in this capacity
The
RA should cease immediately upon the promotion/appointment of a teacher to the
new SPSM rank for deputy heads. In any case, the RA for deputy heads will cease
with effect from the 2010/2011 school year.
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(D) Acting
Allowance
A full-time SAM/ AM/CM or HMII/SPSM/PSM/APSM
who has been recommended and approved to take up the functional duties of
PAM/SAM/AM or HMI/HMII/SPSM/PSM as appropriate on an acting basis for a
qualifying period of not less than 30 calendar days will be entitled to draw an
acting allowance for the period concerned as follows-
(a) In case of acting-up
with replacement (this involves acting in a functional post which carries a
higher maximum salary point than that of the teacher's substantive rank) - 90%
of the difference between the teacher's substantive salary and the minimum
salary of the higher rank in which he is acting. The rate will be revised to
100% of the difference after the first 180 calendar days of acting. (Note 9)
(b) In the case of
doubling-up without replacement provided (this involves acting in a headship
post which carries a higher maximum salary point than that of the teacher's
substantive rank in addition to undertaking his own duties) - 23% of the
minimum salary of the higher rank or the rate for acting-up in (a) above,
whichever is the more. (Note 9)
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Note
:
1. The minimum
30-calendar-day qualifying period for acting appointment shall include
intervening Sundays and public holidays, and Sundays and public holidays
immediately preceding and following the acting period. However, Sundays and public holidays
immediately preceding and following the acting period will not be included in
calculating the acting allowance.
2. School
holidays can be counted as qualifying period and attract acting allowances
provided that the teachers concerned are required to perform duties of the acting
posts during the holidays. Such
qualifying period should be recognised and properly recorded by school.
3. The
qualifying period may include up to a maximum of 3 consecutive days’ leave or
absence in total (excluding sick leave and absence for authorised training and
duty) taken during the acting period.
Leave and absence in excess of 3 consecutive days will not be counted as
part of the qualifying period.
4.
When a teacher
acts in different ranks consecutively, each acting appointment should be
counted individually and separately and cannot be aggregated for the purpose of
meeting the minimum qualifying period for acting allowances.
5. A teacher
can only draw one acting allowance at any one time, and schools should not make
concurrent multiple acting appointments.
6.
Acting
appointments can be made on operational grounds even if no acting allowance is
payable.
7. Leave
exceeding 30 days or leave necessitating the grant of another teacher to act as
the head or deputy head for the whole or part of his leave involves the
forfeiture of the responsibility allowance for the whole period of leave.
8. All
allowances will be treated as salary for Provident Fund purposes.
9.
The rate of acting
allowance will take effect on
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on