MPO Teachers to Receive New Pay Scale Benefits Under a Special Model

MPO-enrolled (Monthly Pay Order) teachers and staff across the country are set to receive the benefits of the newly announced 9th National Pay Scale, which the government has declared will take effect from July 1. However, institutional sources indicate that the implementation process for private educational institutions will follow a separate timeline compared to regular government employees.

According to sources within the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), while MPO teachers and employees are legally entitled to the 9th Pay Scale upgrades, their revised salaries and financial allowances will not be implemented simultaneously with public civil servants. Instead, the benefits will be rolled out after a slight delay, ensuring that government employees transition to the new pay scale first before the structural extensions are applied to the MPO sector.

When approached for clarification, Professor Mohammad Monir Hossain Patwary, Director (Finance and Procurement) at DSHE, told The Daily Campus, "In accordance with established historical precedents, the national pay scale is implemented for government employees first. MPO teachers and staff receive the pay scale upgrades after a short developmental lag. Typically, the pay scales for public civil servants and MPO-enrolled educators are not executed at the exact same time."

While the exact percentage increase for the basic salary of government employees under the 9th National Pay Scale starting this fiscal year has not been officially finalized, the government is reportedly working with three distinct baseline alternatives.

According to the initial proposal framed by the Secretaries' Committee, the first option outlines a flat 50% increase in the basic salary during the initial phase. As a second alternative, the government is considering a tiered adjustment: a 40% salary hike for Grade 1 through Grade 9, alongside a 60% increase for Grade 10 through Grade 20. A third alternative involves a targeted approach to substantially uplift lower-grade employees, with policy discussions exploring up to a 100% basic salary hike for the lowest tier of the service structure.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior official from the Ministry of Finance told The Daily Campus, "Multiple policy alternatives regarding the adjustments to the basic salary structure are currently on the table. The final declaration on which specific model will be enacted will come directly from the highest level of government. It would be inappropriate for ministry officials to comment further at this stage, as the government retains full executive authority to adopt or modify any of these fiscal decisions."