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FOURTEEN THOUSAND teachers are set to get their back pay and five per cent salary increase for the period 2020-2023, by the end of January 2026. This comes after a meeting between the TT Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) and Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Dr Daryl Dindial at the CPO’s office on December 10.

TTUTA president Crystal Ashe told Newsday the back pay payout will include TUTTA’s Third Schedule members, comprising school supervisors, curriculum officers and guidance officers.

“Initially, they were being told they may not have gotten it but they are going to get it. He said time will not permit for that to happen in December, but they are going to put everything in place so that they get it early next year, in the first quarter.