Briefing on Salary Assessment

- Secondary Schools and Special Schools (Sec)

9:00 am – 9:10 am Registration

9:10 am – 10:10 am Basic Principles and
Guide to Salary Assessment
10:10 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am Major Changes on 1.9.2006

11:30 am – 12:00 noon Q & A

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EMBCM No. 141/2006 on
Revisions in Salary Assessment
 Date of implementation : 1.9.2006

 No retrospective effect

 salaries of existing teachers will

not be re-assessed

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Break in Service

 Existing Definition: over 45 days

 New Definition: over one year (after
1.9.2006 with no retrospective effect)
 Examples:
1.7.2006 to 31.8.2006 (2 months) Break ?

1.9.2006 to 31.8.2007 (one year) Break ?

1.8.2006 to 31.1.2007 (6 months ) Break ?

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Break in Service

 Existing Definition: over 45 days

 New Definition: over one year (after
1.9.2006 with no retrospective effect)
 Examples:
1.7.2006 to 31.8.2006 (2 months) A break

1.9.2006 to 31.8.2007 (one year) Not a break

1.8.2006 to 31.1.2007 (6 months ) Not a break

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Service Not in Schools
Existing Practice

 Teacher’s service not in the public

sector schools may constitute a
break in service

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Service Not in Schools
New practice
 Relevant working experience in EMB /
education faculties

 Not a break in service for salary

assessment purpose
 For the special pay arrangement, the rank
in the previous public sector school will be
taken as the rank before the present
appointment

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Service Not in Schools
Examples of the New Arrangement
 A previous GM from an aided school joined
EMB as CuO on 1.9.1999 without break
 served in EMB for 7 years, then joined an
aided school as GM on 1.9.2006 (not counted
as break).
 The teacher can retain the old salary scale
(special pay arrangement)
 If the teacher rejoined as a CM (stepped-
down), his salary would be reassessed using
the new salary scale.
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 Counting Experience (1)
 Teaching experience as CM/APSM/GM paid
under funds of public sector schools,
irrespective of source of funding, may be

 Counted for incremental purpose

 Counted for promotion purpose; and
 Regarded as serving teachers

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Counting Experience (2)
 For the new appointment of APSMs
in aided primary schools, post-
qualification teaching experience in
other ranks not in the PSM
grade can also be counted for
incremental purpose.
(only teaching experience in the
PSM grade can be counted before 1.9.2006)
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Counting Experience (3)
 Post-qualification teaching experience in
a school for which registration of
teachers under the Education Ordinance
is not exempted should be acquired
with valid RT/PT status. Otherwise,
the teaching experience will not be
counted for incremental purpose.

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Starting Salary of CM teacher
Existing Practice
 One point lower if the teacher training
does not match the school level
 Holders of Certificate in Sec Edu

 at MPS Pt. 11 in a primary school

 at MPS Pt. 12 in a secondary school

 The starting salary for a degree holder

without appropriate teacher training
appointed as a CM in a primary school is
one point lower
(not one point lower in a secondary school)
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Starting Salary of CM teacher
New Practice

 The salary will not be one point

lower if the teacher is appointed to
take up teaching duties in both
primary and secondary levels of a
school (such as a through-train or a
special school with both primary and
secondary levels)

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Change of School Level
Existing Practice

 Salary particulars may not be

retained for changing to a school
of different level even though
there is no break in service (such
as some level-specific teacher
training)

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 Change of School Level
New practice
 Salary particulars may be retained for teachers at basic rank
changing to a school of different level without changing
rank and without break in service:

CM → CM (retain salary)
GM → APSM (capped by maximum OR the bar of APSM)
APSM → GM (for un-trained APSM, capped by the bar of
GM OR frozen if the bar is exceeded)

With Change in Rank

CM/AM → APSM/PSM/GM (Regrading/Reappointment)

APSM/PSM/GM → CM (Downgrading and NOT Allowed to

retain salary particulars)
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 Change of School Level
Examples
 A holder of Cert in Sec Ed appointed as CM in a secondary
school since 1.9.2003

 If he transfers on 1.9.2005 (existing rule), his salary =

 MPS pt. _________ if he transfers to a secondary school

 MPS pt. _________ if he changes to a primary school

 If he transfers on 1.9.2006 (new rule), his salary =

 MPS pt. _________ if he transfer to a secondary school

 MPS pt. _________ same salary point if he changes to a

primary school

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 Change of School Level
Examples
 A holder of Cert in Sec Ed appointed as CM in a secondary
school since 1.9.2003

 If he transfers on 1.9.2005 (existing rule), his salary =

 MPS pt. 14 (12+2) if he transfers to a secondary school
 MPS pt. 13 (11+2) if he changes to a primary school

 If he transfers on 1.9.2006 (new rule), his salary =

 MPS pt. 15 (12+3) if he transfer to a secondary school
 MPS pt. 15 (12+3) same salary point if he changes to a
primary school

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Specified Non-standard Qualifications
Existing Practice
 Specified non-standard qualifications
such as various Diplomas /
Certificates awarded by the
Approved Post Secondary Colleges
can be accepted for appointment as
CM.

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Specified Non-standard Qualifications
New Practice
 For aided primary schools, untrained
teachers with the qualifications - not
accepted for new appointment or
reappointment after a break in service

 For aided secondary schools, untrained

teachers with the qualifications -
accepted for appointment only for
subjects in demand
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Direct Appointment to Promotion
Ranks (in another school)
 Existing -- minimum point
 New arrangement –
 Same or higher rank –> as if in the
same school
 Lower rank –> starting point +
experience at or above the rank
 With break in service –> minimum point
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Direct Appointment to Promotion
Ranks (Example in Sec School)

MPS
Pt. 34 35 36 37 38 39

SGM

PGM 38 39 40 41

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 Direct Appointment to Promotion Ranks
– Examples under New Arrangement
 An SGM (MPS Pt.34 – 39) already at
MPS Pt. 39 direct appointed as PGM
(MPS Pt. 38 –41) without break will get
MPS Pt. 40 (instead of Pt. 38)
 A PGM direct appointed as SGM without
break:
starting point of SGM + experience as
SGM and above
(capped by the maximum point of SGM)
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Enquiry

Respective
Senior / School Development Officers

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