Late to school? face salary cut

Manama : As the new school year begins, teachers of public schools are warned of being subjected to salary deductions in case of unjustified early leave from work or late attendance.

Resources and Services Undersecretary in Education Ministry Dr. Mohammed Juma warned that legal and administrative procedures will also be taken against violators.

On August 23, Dr. Juma issued a circular, that DT News obtained a copy of, addressing the ministry’s undersecretaries, assistant undersecretaries, directors and departments heads.

The document, which was circulated on September 7, mentioned that the ministry will take legal action against the teachers in the event of delays and absence from official work.

“The ministry will also deduct the hours of delay and early leave mentioned in the attendance and exit records, unless the justified causes are provided by the concerned employees’ affairs administrations. The justification should be presented before the tenth of each month,” Dr. Juma stated.

The circular clarified that the procedures come within the framework of the Civil Service Law 48 of 2010 and its Executive Regulation 51 of 2012 and Civil Service Instructions 5 of 2013 regarding the attendance and leave at government authorities.

“Accordingly, the human resources department will take practical action in regards to the cases of attendance, delay and early leave, in the absence of acceptable justifications by the direct supervisors,” the circular mentioned while calling upon all supervisors to directly deal with the cases of late attendance and early leave from work by following the instructions.

The circular also stipulated that “teachers will only be excused for personal reasons for early leave or late attendance trice a month and that the total hours shouldn’t cross a full working day in each month”.

It was added that medical certificates are excluded from the instructions mentioned in the circular.

These procedures include 18, 000 teachers who resumed their duties in the 211 public schools of the Kingdom last Wednesday and will begin classes of the new school year 2017-18 today.