Senate body recommends minimum wage of Rs 18,000 for NCHD teachers

ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (APP):The Senate’s Functional Committee on the Problems of Less Developed Areas on Wednesday directed the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) to increase the salaries of teachers bringing at par with minimum wages fixed by the federal government.

The committee, which met here at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, expressed reservations over the delay in the salaries of NCHD teachers, which were not paid for the last three months.

Senator Kakar said the salaries of NCHD teachers should be increased to Rs 18,000 per month from Rs 8,000 as they had been imparting education for the last 15 years in the less developed areas of the country.