Allowances

The allowance is part of the 3 per cent increment payment but will be paid annually.

PNG Teachers Association (PNGTA) Vice President Shenell Kou said the allowance has been broken down into three categories - Remote, Very Remote and Extreme Remote.

“Teachers who are teaching in the extremely remote areas will be paid K7,000. Teachers teaching in very remote areas will be paid K6,000 and the teachers teaching in remote areas will be paid K5,000,” Kou said.

DPLLG Secretary Philip Leo in a media statement informed councillors that their long overdue allowance from April to August this year was paid. Ward members received K3000 each while deputy presidents received K3500 each. 

The Department has also paid the remaining months of September to December 2023 on 6^th December 2023.

The signing was between the Department of Personnel Management and the National Department of Health on behalf of the Health Extension Officers’ Association.

The MoU was to bring into effect, Determination of Salaries and Allowances of the Health Extension Officers, which was 10 years overdue. The last MoU was in effect from 2011-2013.

The MOU is now known as the ‘HEO Attraction Allowance’ MoU.