{
  "id": 17978791,
  "title": "Education incentive payments to 2,504 senior teachers to end this month",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/education-incentive-payments-to-2-504-senior-teachers-to-end-this",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:03:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/1570153/education-incentive-payments-2504-senior-teachers-end-month"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Education Incentive Payment Scheme (ETPS) payments for 2,504 senior subject teachers at secondary schools, who are no longer eligible due to the recent school regrading exercise, will conclude this month. The Education Ministry announced that it will discontinue these payments and address outstanding ETPS amounts for 1,356 senior teachers who were upgraded to Grade A status next year. The regrading process, conducted based on student enrollment, hostel residents, and education level, led to 339 schools being upgraded from Grade B to Grade A, while 626 schools were downgraded from Grade A to Grade B. These changes directly impacted 3,860 senior subject teachers. The ministry held engagement sessions with teacher unions from March to July to discuss the changes and proposed that Grade B schools' senior teachers be eligible for ETPS, but the Public Service Department rejected the appeal in September. The ministry expressed appreciation for the contributions of senior subject teachers and pledged to manage the repayment adjustments carefully to avoid financial strain on the affected teachers.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Education Incentive Payment Scheme (ETPS) payments to 2,504 senior subject teachers at secondary schools who are no longer eligible following the schools' regrading exercise will be discontinued from this month.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}