WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics
Print ISSN: 1109-9526, E-ISSN: 2224-2899
Volume 22, 2025
Beyond the Paycheck:
There’s More to Teachers' Pay Rise in the Maldives
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Abstract: For years, teachers have raised the issue of the mismatch between heavy workload and their salaries. To address this issue, the government raised teachers’ pay in 2022, hoping to make teaching a rewarding profession. At the time of this phenomenological study exploring teachers' expectations and experiences of pay rise, there are no published studies on teachers' pay rise and experiences of this change. Data for this qualitative study were collected by focus group interviews of 10 teachers selected purposively from different locations of the Maldives. The interview data were analyzed according to the thematic framework of Braun and Clarke (2006). The findings indicate that the increase in teachers' pay had a positive impact on the teachers.
Keywords:
teachers’ pay, teaching profession, workload, work-life balance, education expenditure, sustainable development, education
Pages: 2571-2577
DOI: 10.37394/23207.2025.22.201