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Re Evaluate Decision To Cut Expat Teachers Housing Allowances From Kd 150 To Kd 60
Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs at Ministry of Education and Higher Education Yousef Al-Najjar revealed that the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa has requested the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to reevaluate its decision related to reduction of housing allowance for expatriate teachers from KD 150 to KD 60, in order to either cancel the decision and restore the previous value of the housing allowance or increase it, reports Al-Rai daily.
He said this request is based on the ministry’s responsibility for the rights of the teachers, indicating that the ministry of waiting for the response of CSC in this regard.
Al-Najjar revealed that the ministry pays thousands of dinars for the accommodation of female teachers in the lodging facilities of the ministry. He clarified that the decision to reduce the housing allowance was taken by CSC and that the Ministry of Education is only implementing the decision, adding that it applies to all expatriate and GCC teachers.
Al-Najjar stressed that the ministry will pay the housing allowance of female teachers based on the verdict that preceded the decision of CSC retroactively, indicating that the ministry of waiting for the allocation of necessary budget by Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, he said the ministry has already started disbursing retirement payments after Ministry of Finance allocated KD 40 million for this purpose, revealing that the new budget of Ministry of Education will include the required amount for retirement payments starting from April 1, 2017, based on the recently-issued law No. 28/2016. He explained that this law includes retirement payments for disabled teachers as well as teachers with disabled guardian or dependent. In addition, Al-Najjar said the Services Department has been transferred from the financial sector to the administrative sector based on suitability, indicating that the Services Department was part of the administrative sector before the Iraqi invasion.
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SOURCE : ARABTIMES
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