Khartoum, September 03 (Darfur24)
Teachers’ committees in Khartoum State have threatened gradual and organized action to protest the failure to implement approved salary amendments and increases in teachers’ August 2026 pay.
In a statement on Thursday, the Sudanese Teachers’ Committees in the state’s seven localities said the failure to include the increases amounted to a continuation of what they described as a “policy of delay and evasion of entitlements.”
The committees said several official decisions and directives concerning teachers’ salaries had yet to be fully implemented.
A study published by the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee in June estimated that the salary of a third-grade teacher covered only about 4.2% of the minimum monthly living costs for a family of five in Khartoum State. The study put those costs at about 3.435 million Sudanese pounds per month, or roughly 114,500 pounds per day, covering food, housing, transportation, healthcare, electricity and gas.
The committee said teachers’ concerns extend beyond salaries and allowances to include end-of-service benefits, which it described as inadequate and disproportionate to years of service.
It warned that the continued deterioration of teachers’ wages and failure to pay their entitlements were affecting public education and threatening the stability of the education system.
The committees called on teachers across Khartoum State to organize, unify their position and prepare for escalation through what they described as legitimate means, saying the “era of procrastination” had ended.
A first-grade teacher earns about 310,000 Sudanese pounds per month, while salaries for some lower grades are as low as 120,000 pounds.
The Teachers’ Committee has repeatedly called for higher wages. In June, it demanded that the minimum monthly wage be raised from 12,000 to 313,500 pounds, after previously calling for an increase to 216,000 pounds in May. It has also demanded payment of salary arrears and a review of allowances.