Teachers through out the country are yet to be paid their 3% pay increase because the PNG Teachers Association is yet to meet with the Department of Personnel Management (DPM) on this matter. This was made know in parliament this morning by the Education Minister Jimmy Uguro, during question time. He said the DPM is still waiting for the PNGTA to meet with the department to do the necessary paperwork to make sure that 3% is paid this year. The minister, when responding to questions from the member for Moresby North East John Kaupa on the matter, explained also that the 3% increase is for all public servants and teachers as public servants are entitled to this increase and should access it quickly. “Teachers are part of the public servants in the country that we have, we have about 130, 000 public servants clocked on the payroll and out of that total, 65, 000 of them are teachers. “My department of personnel management is waiting for now is for the PNGTA to get themselves organized so that they will sort out that matter with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), and from there the process comes through us and then treasury and finance will be able to release the funds to pay the 3 per cent to them.” This is now something that the PNGTA and the TSC must resolve now by meeting up with the Department of Personnel Management.