UNICEF Mongolia - Teachers College Columbia University

CHAPTER 4: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2007 SALARY REFORM AT SCHOOL LEVEL
Table 15: Bonus Payments for Outcomes-Contracts by Locaon (N=123)
How much was the percentage of the last bonus?
Total
1
8 10 15 25 30 32 35 40 45 50 80
2
City
Count
0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 13
% within
locaon
of school
.0% 30.8% 15.4% 7.7% .0% 7.7% .0% 7.7% 15.4% 7.7% 7.7% 100.0%
3
Aimag
center
Count
% within
locaon
of school
1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
12.5% 62.5% .0% 12.5% .0% .0% .0% 12.5% .0% .0% .0% 100.0%
4
Soum
Count
0 6 5 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 19
5
% within
locaon
of school
.0% 31.6% 26.3% .0% 26.3% .0% 10.5% .0% 5.3% .0% .0% 100.0%
6
Total
Count 1 15 7 2 5 1 2 2 3 1 1 40
% of
Total
2.5% 37.5% 17.5% 5.0% 12.5% 2.5% 5.0% 5.0% 7.5% 2.5% 2.5% 100.0%
The amount of the outcomes contract ranges typically between 10-30 percent of the annual base salary,
that is, amounts to one or two addional monthly salary per year. This finding confirms other studies on
teachers in Mongolia 33 that highlight the preference of soum-center schools to channel the funds from
income-generang acvies as well as from savings to provisions that benefit teachers. Interesngly,
soum-center schools seem to use their financial funds to reward their teachers even though their savings
are smaller than those in large schools.
4.4. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A TEACHER
One of the problems raised in earlier studies, dang back to the studies from DANIDA and then reiterated
in the PETS Mongolia study, 34 arose from the mulple sources of income that teachers in Mongolia had to
rely on in order to make a living. The situaon has changed from the previous standpoint in two disnct
ways: (a) teachers are now in one of the highest income categories for public servants; and (b) the work
of a teacher is full-me (40 hours) and thus, according to the Labor Law, the teacher is not permied to
take on addional jobs.
First, the teacher salary was raised considerably. As outlined in Chapter 1, only five and a half percent
(5.5 percent) of the populaon earns 400,000 MNT or more per month. The average minimum monthly
base salary for teachers in Mongolia is 324,292 MNT; this is the salary without any supplements or
overme for teaching. The esmated average total pay (with supplements, addional hours) totals
374,181 MNT (see Chapter 5). In city schools and other schools that have addional sources of income
or are able to have savings, the total pay may be higher. This is not to suggest that teachers are pleased
TEACHERS IN MONGOLIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON RECRUITMENT INTO TEACHING,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS
33 Notably, the evaluaon of DANIDA RSDP II (Rural School Development Project).
34 For more than a decade DANIDA was commied to pre- serving and improving schools in remote rural areas. Beginning in 1992,
DANIDA supported rural school development. Their recurring grants, however, were not primarily directed toward the rehabilita-
on of boarding schools, but rather focused on improving the overall learning environment and the quality of educaon in rural
schools. For the early DANIDA study on teachers’ work and living condion, see E. Nørgaard (2002). School development in Mongolia
1992-2000.Copenhagen: Internaonal Centre for Educaonal Development.
71