EVERY CHILD NEEDS A QUALIFED
TEACHER
By Ms. Leng Theavy
GLOBAL ACTION WEEK 2013
4TH-10TH MAY 2013
KEY MESSAGES
• Teacher’s shortage
• Equal pay for primary and lower secondary
school teachers
• Wage rise can be afforded
• Increasing wage can lead to increase quality
• Public support for increasing wages
1.TEACHER SHORTAGE
• Number of primary teachers has fallen by
671 since 2008/09 school year
• Pupil teacher ratio 47.3:1, (16th highest rate
in the world)
• To become a primary teachers:
- No choice
- Salary is rarely a motivating factor
1.TEACHER SHORTAGE
Some reasons of the shortages:
- Current primary teaching leaving to become lower
secondary school teachers
- Low pay : salary below average GDP per capita of
$75.50
- Salary below low skill job such adrivers, construction
workers or public administrators
2.EQUAL PAY
• Primary school teachers receive much lower
pay than secondary school teachers and
others
• They should receive the same because :
- Same qualification (12+2)
- Teaching more hours
- Harder work
• Attract more qualified candidates
3. Widening wage gap among teachers
Graph 1: Starting monthly salary (wage + functional allowance): 2008-13
700,000
617,180
600,000
500,000
428,010
400,000
Upper secondary
327,380
Riels
Lower secondary
300,000
302,800
225,610
200,000
164,800
100,000
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Primary
3. Widening wage gap among teachers (cont)
Graph 2: Starting monthly salary (wage + functional allowance): 2008-18
1,400,000
1,329,788
1,200,000
1,000,000
925,704
800,000
Upper Secondary
Riels
Lower Secondary
600,000
642,137
400,000
327,380
200,000
225,610
164,800
0
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
Primary
3. Widening wage gap among teachers (cont)
Among 42 countries which UNESCO has statistic:
• A new Primary teacher pay = 96% of a new
lower secondary teacher pay and = 93% of a
new upper secondary school teacher
• Cambodia: A new primary school teacher
receive 71% of what a new lower secondary
teacher receives and 49% of what a new
upper secondary teacher receives.
RECOMMENDATIONS
• The government should increase primary
teacher basic wage to equal lower secondary
school teachers ($83.60)
• Plus the functional allowance $18.70
• Equal total of $102.30
4. WAGE RISES CAN BE AFFORDED
• With the rise to $102.3 for primary teacher
pay (45 840), the total increase for the
government is $16,648,195 per annum.
• Under-spending by MoEYS 2012 :
$25,705, 498$ of which under spending of
personnel cost is $20,703,744
5. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR INCREASING WAGES
• 86% of respondents advised that a fair basic
wage would be more than $90 per month
• 52% actually felt that teachers should receive
more than $120 per month
5. PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR INCREASING WAGES
Graph 5: What is the most important thing that you would like Government to do regarding education?
90%
80%
70%
60%
Overall
50%
16 to 25
40%
30%
56+
20%
10%
0%
Increase salaries fo Ensure salaries are
teachers
received on time
Allocate a larger
budget for
education
Build more schools
Other responses
combined
6. RISING PAY LINKED TO QUALITY
Reasons for increase :
• Evidences show that 10% increase in teacher pay
lead to 5%-10% increase in student performance.
( Marcenaro-Gutierrez&Dolton,2011)
• Increasing instructional hours
• Reducing absenteeism
PLAN AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF GAW 2013
• Radio talk show program at VOD
• Comedian story on “every child need a good
teacher” at CTN
• Organize provincial events during the GAW
• Produced campaign materials as follows:
- 10000 posters
PLAN AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF GAW 2013
-5000 wristbands (on-going)
- 10 banners
-A survey on contract teachers in three provinces ( 30 contract
teachers, 17 school principals, 3 DoE)
• GCE Facebook page: Cambodian Campaign for Education
56 likes, 2083 people read the facebook page within the last
week
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION