Teacher Remuneration Act Article 10

If an elementary or secondary school teacher receives approval based on educational requirements, from the school where they are working or from the competent authority during their term of employment to undertake further study or research of knowledge and skills related to their educational work, and if they subsequently obtain a higher level formal academic credential than they previously held, then their salary grade may be reassigned in accordance with the following provisions, taking their currently assigned salary grade as the basis level and up to a limit of the maximum basic salary for a teacher at their professional level:1. The salary grade of a teacher who has graduated from a junior college, tertiary college, or university or holds an equivalent formal academic credential who obtains a master's degree will be advanced three grades; the salary grade of a teacher who directly proceeds to undertake advanced study and obtains a doctorate will be advanced five grades; the salary grade of a teacher holding a master's degree who obtains a doctorate, will be advanced two grades.2. If a teacher's salary grade is advanced in accordance with the provisions of the preceding subparagraph and that results in their salary grade being lower than the starting salary grade specified in the salary grade criteria for the higher degree they have obtained, their salary grade will be further advanced to the appropriate grade for that higher academic credential.If a teacher had already obtained a degree or had received written permission from the educational institution where they were working to undertake further study to obtain a degree before this Act took effect, the provisions that applied before this Act took effect may be applied to undertake reassignment of the teacher's salary grade.