The finance ministry has approved the implementation of the decision to raise the pay scale of government primary school head teachers from grade 11 to grade 10. According to officials, the Implementation Wing of the ministry’s Finance Division has authorised the salary upgrade for 65,502 head teachers. “The order, issued on Sunday, has been sent to the primary and mass education ministry,” he said. Both supported upgrading the pay scale of head teachers to grade 10. The government expects that the head teachers will now be more motivated to enhance the standard of primary education with the support of other teachers and stakeholders.