No Basis For Complaints On Higher Salaries For Foreign Educated Staff, Says Minister

Bandar Seri Begawan - Grievances over  difference in teachers salaries between overseas university qualified  graduates and those from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) have no basis in precise accuracy.  

Education Minister Pehin Dato Awang Haji Abdul Aziz gave the assurance in an exclusive interview with Radio Television Brunei (RTB) yesterday.

Pehin Dato Awang Haji Abdul Aziz said this issue in differences in salary scale is not completely accurate and it is an old complaint.

Before, there were more overseas graduates than those from UBD.

According to regulations, the Education Ministry could only take in teachers as according to budget constraints. At that time ministry had limited allocation for B2-EB3 and G13 and both were still within the Division II scale.

If this salary scales were filed up, the Education Ministry had to use other scales available.

But now, with the consent of His Majesty Sultan of Brunei, 515 new BD-EB3 posts have been created making it possible to allocate the appropriate salaries equally.

Brudirect.com