“Provision of Additional Payments to Teachers who have received Qualification through Certification” is a measure of the “General Education” Programme, which is aimed at providing an appropriate additional payment to the teachers who have received a qualification category. The qualification category is issued for a period of 5 years; its validity is terminated early in case if the teacher in question does not meet the requirements for the position held after certification.

AMD 366.1 mln was allocated to the measure in 2024. AMD 368 mln will be allocated to the measure 2025, which is an increase by 0.5 %, or AMD 1.9 mln compared to the previous year.

2285 teachers received a qualification category in 2024; it is planned to provide a qualification category to 2074 teachers in 2025. 

According to the procedure for providing additional payments to teachers of state general education institutions who have received qualifications through attestation approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic  of Armenia, teachers who have received a category are provided additional payment in the following amount: for the qualification category of the first degree – 10 % of the teacher’s salary, for qualification category of the second-degree – 20 % of the teacher’s salary, for the third-degree – 30 %, and for the category of  the fourth-degree – 50 %of the teacher’s salary.

The figure shows the amounts of budget allocations for additional payments provided to teachers who have received qualification through attestation. All amounts are expressed in Armenian drams.