1966 CEART Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers_IX

Teacher Solidarity for the improvement of education

Special provisions for teachers in rural or remote area
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1. Decent housing, preferably free or at a subsidized rental, should be provided for teachers and their families in areas remote from population centres and recognized as such by the public authorities.
2. In countries where teachers, in addition to their normal teaching duties, are expected to promote and stimulate community activities, development plans and programmes should include provision for appropriate accommodation for teachers.

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1. On appointment or transfer to schools in remote areas, teachers should be paid removal and travel expenses for themselves and their families.
2. Teachers in such areas should, where necessary, be given special travel facilities to enable them to maintain their professional standards.
3. Teachers transferred to remote areas should, as an inducement, be reimbursed their travel expenses from their place of work to their home town once a year when they go on leave.

113 Whenever teachers are exposed to particular hardships, they should be compensated by the payment of special hardship allowances which should be included in earnings taken into account for pension purposes. Learn More