CHAPTER 5: TOTAL PAY OF TEACHERS AND THE BONUS SYSTEM 1 2 3 4 5 6 CHAPTER 5: TOTAL PAY OF TEACHERS AND THE BONUS SYSTEM The previous chapter explained the structure of the teacher salary and focused on those elements of the salary that relate to the addional teaching hours, supplements for funcons, and supplements for rank. In this chapter, data on the three different bonuses are presented and factored into the total pay of teachers. 5.1. THE TOTAL PAY OF TEACHERS: TEACHERS WITH AN AVERAGE, HIGH, AND LOW INCOME As outlined in the previous chapter (see Figure 14), the total pay of teachers is composed of six elements. This study analyzed all of the teacher-related components—base salary, addional teaching hour, supplements for funcons, supplement for rank, bonuses—but did not examine the sixth element that deals with the general benefits which are available to all public servants. The general benefits granted to public servants are given by both the central as well as local governments and so, vary widely. Similarly, the rural bonus for teachers working in soum-center or bagh schools (10 percent of the base salary) or aimag-center schools (8 percent of the base salary) is not included in the calculaon for the total pay of teachers. 35 TEACHERS IN MONGOLIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON RECRUITMENT INTO TEACHING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS Figures 15, 16, and 17 present the composions of three prototypical teacher salaries. The three figures show the total pay of teachers with an average income, high income, and low income. Different from the base salary, the total monthly pay also includes payments for addional teaching hours, supplements and bonuses. We have idenfied three teachers from this study database who represent these three prototypes. Average total pay (Figure 15): 374,181 MNT. The first teacher (teacher code 1) is a teacher whose total pay represents an average. The teacher with an average income typically: • earns a base salary for teachers with 13-18 years of experience (309,091 MNT) • teaches one addional hour (11,000 MNT) • receives a funconal supplement that is equivalent to 10 percent of the base salary (30,909 MNT) • is a regular teacher and therefore does not receive any rank supplement (0 MNT) • receives a quarterly bonus that is on the average 30 percent of the base salary (23,181 MNT) 78 35 The rural bonus payment is regulated in the Government Resoluon #90 of 2001. It is 8-10 percent for teachers working in aimag-center or soum-center/bagh schools, respecvely, and 15 percent for school directors, educaon managers, social workers, and pre-school managers working in rural and semi-urban schools. It is quesonable thought whether educaon managers receive in pracce the supplement. Several educaon managers in the study complained that they did not receive the rural supplement.
CHAPTER 5: TOTAL PAY OF TEACHERS AND THE BONUS SYSTEM Figure 15: Average Total Pay per Month 1 Base Salary 309,091 MNT 1 Additional Teaching Hour 11,000 MNT 2 3 Average Total Pay 374,181 MNT 1 Supplement for Functions 30,909 MNT Supplement for Rank: 0 MNT Bonuses for Performance 23,181 MNT 4 5 6 General Benefits for all Public Servants Figure 16: Average Income of <strong>Teachers</strong> in the High-Income Category High-Income Total Pay 546,737 MNT Base Salary 328,502 MNT 6 Additional Teaching Hours 70,400 MNT Supplements for 3 Functions 65,700 MNT Supplement for Rank: 15% 49,275 MNT Bonuses for Performance 32,860 MNT General Benefits for all Public Servants TEACHERS IN MONGOLIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON RECRUITMENT INTO TEACHING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS 79