Editorial

14:00 JST, June 17, 2024

As the saying goes, “Education depends on people,” and teachers hold the key to the success of education in schools. It is important to improve the conditions for teachers and create a comfortable working environment to increase the number of quality teachers.

One way to do that is through an “overtime allowance.” A special subcommittee of the Central Council for Education of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has compiled a list of measures to improve the conditions of public school teachers. It calls for raising the teaching adjustment allowance, which has been uniformly paid at 4% of a base salary in lieu of overtime payment, to 10% or more.

The teaching adjustment allowance was set at 4% under a special measures law on salaries and other matters for public school........

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