Government and Aided Secondary School Teacher's Salary Scales

Salary Scales of Teaching staff in Secondary Schools

Grade/Rank	Point on the Master Pay Scale
1. Principal I	45-49
2. Principal II	40-44
3. Principal Graduate Master/Mistress	38-41
4. Senior Graduate Master/Mistress	34-39
5. Graduate Master/Mistress	17-33
(A Graduate Master/Mistress appointed on or after 5 December 1980 will not be allowed proceed beyond Point 27 without acquiring a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director.) AGM appointed on or after Sept 1,97 will not be allowed proceed beyond point 22 without acquiring a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director.
6. Principal Assistant Master/Mistress	34-36
7. Senior Assistant Master/Mistress	30-33
8. Assistant Master/Mistress	25-29
9. Certificated Master/Mistress *	14-24
(* Holders of non-standard qualification may enter at sub-points of 10-13. There is a salary bar at point 19 beyond which untrained teachers appointed upon or after 1 January 1991 will not be allowed to proceed.)
10. Assistant Master/Mistress (Workshop Teacher)	25-29
11. Certificated Master/Mistress # (Workshop Teacher)	14-24
(# There is a salary bar at Point 19 beyond which untrained teachers will not be allowed to proceed.)
12. Unqualified Teacher	4

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Salary Scales of Teaching staff in Primary Schools

Grade/Rank	Point on the Master Pay Scale
1. Headmaster/Headmistress I	38-41
2. Headmaster/Headmistress II	34-39
3. Primary School Master/Mistress	30-33
4. Assistant Primary School Master/Mistress	17-29
(Salary bar is at MPS 27, beyond which Assistant Primary School Master/Mistresses without a Post-Graduate Diploma/Certificate in Education, or Teacher's Certificate from a Hong Kong College of Education, or equivalent will not be allowed to proceed. However, untrained Assistant Primary School Masters/Mistresses regraded from the rank of Certificated Master/Mistress but appointed to the non-graduate rank prior to 1 January 1991 without break of service will not be subject to the salary bar.)
5. Principal Assistant Master/Mistress	34-39 (*bar at 36)
6. Senior Assistant Master/Mistress	30-33C (*bar at 33)
(* Passage requires acquiring a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Primary Education, or equivalent and sawing as head of a primary school.)
7. Assistant Master/Mistress	25-29
8. Certificated Master/Mistress	14-24
(With sub-points of 10-13 and a salary bar at point 19 beyond which an untrained teacher cannot proceed)
9. Unqualified Teacher	4

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