A year after government agreed to pay the sum as part of its agreement with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), teachers will be paid four years’ worth of Clothing Allowance as part of their September salaries.
In a memorandum dated August 12th, 2019, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Adele Clarke directed the various Regional Education Officers to make the payment of $8,000 per annum with effect from January 2016.
In total, teachers who would have been in the system as of December 31, 2015, will receive $32,000 in the September payroll.
