Pay hike for teachers: Adec says new guidelines can be model for all UAE schools

February 23, 2014

Abu Dhabi, Feb 23: The education regulatory body in Abu Dhabi has framed a new guideline that will revise public school teacher pay scales based on their performance.

This, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) explains, will be gradually introduced in public schools, and could be a model that the private schools in the emirate could emulate.

“The new School Organisation Structure will impact all school-based staff, both nationals and expats,” Adec highlighted.

The education body informed that this new frame will be rolled out in batches, and is part of the development and implementation of the new school organisation structure.

“In the first batch, about 80 per cent of our staff have received an increment of 30 per cent or more.

“Till date, about 91 per cent of all national staff (that’s 5,800 employees) has been mapped.

“The second batch is under process and should be reviewed in the next three months.

“The new salaries will be back-dated from the beginning of the current academic year 2013-2014.”

Adec acknowledges that schools might take a while to get familiarised with the new school model, and are taking steps to ensure everyone understands the impact.

“A lot of reference and explanation material has already been published on the internal portal and was earlier communicated to the cluster managers and internal staff.

“Additionally, we will hold a series of meetings with the school principals and vice-principals to offer explanations.”

The authorities have also established a multi-tiered grievance and complaints process to address any shortcomings.

This system, Adec believes will help draw a clear organisation structure for every single school and ensure that the highest levels of efficiency are achieved.

It will also eliminate the “issues of under-staffing notably in the academic position which could jeopardise the smooth running of the schools”.

“The roles and responsibilities of both academic and administrative staff have seen a much-needed improvement and expansion to align with other changes taking place at system level.

“The new pay scale re-examines the compensations and benefits allocated for every single position in the schools, and ensures, by design, that there is room for horizontal growth and development within the job family,” Adec adds.

“This is a variation from the traditional approach of vertical growth by progressions through the ranks (teacher to vice-principal and then to principal), which does not serve Adec’s ultimate goal to support the teachers and help them stay in the classroom where they can give and thrive without worrying about salaries growth and professional development.”

This new step will attract qualified teachers and help tackle issues of retention.

In terms of salary structure, Adec adopted the clean wage design and kept a couple of allowances.

“Beyond the basic salary and supplementary allowance, the new pay scale preserves the social allowance and children allowance that are mandated by law.”

The system is currently being introduced in stages, and the teachers are undergoing several rounds of performance evaluation.

“The professional development plans for teachers and other staff are also based on the results of these evaluations.”

And where it deems fit, Adec provides formal training programmes to help their staff develop and grow.

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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