Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that teachers who have their salary scale increased to a higher grade would not be demoted in their positions.
The Prime Minister announced this to 1,500 teachers from nationwide who were attending a special gathering organised by the National Union of Teaching Profession on Saturday (Oct 1), adding that teachers of a higher grade would also now be able to hold a higher position and certain positions in primary schools would not be confined to the current lower grades in the pay scale of the civil service.