Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary Agni Deo Singh says the union wants Early Childhood Education teachers to be paid the same salary as the Primary School teachers.
Singh highlighted this after the Education Minister Doctor Mahendra Reddy had earlier stated that Early Childhood teachers are happy now because their pay has been raised.
The FTU General Secretary says how can the teachers be happy when they are overworked and underpaid.
Singh says these teachers are now paid hourly and their hours of teaching have been reduced.
Meanwhile the Education Minister Doctor Mahendra Reddy had earlier highlighted that Early Childhood teachers are happy now because their pay has been raised.
Reddy says they have taken two things into account, and that is the fact that Early Childhood teachers’ salaries were low before and that it was not aligned with their qualification.
The Minister has said that there were Early Childhood teachers with certificates, who were paid more than Diploma and Degree holders but they have now fixed it.
