Overview
- The Delhi cabinet, meeting Tuesday, approved revised monthly pay of ₹38,100 for about 1,131 vocational teachers and ₹35,420 for educators at 784 Samagra Shiksha centres.
- Officials said the new salaries take effect next month, replacing earlier pay bands of ₹20,000–₹23,000 for vocational roles and ₹21,000 at Samagra centres.
- The decision includes staff at Special Training Centres that help children who left school or never enrolled return to regular classrooms.
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the hike recognizes work done in tough settings and should improve teachers’ financial security and morale.
- Samagra Shiksha is a national school-education program that funds services from pre-school to Class XII, including bridge courses that re-enrol out-of-school children.