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Contract teacher pay vs the legal minimum wage

4,800 EGP at best vs a 7,000 EGP minimum wage — a 30% shortfall

“A contract teacher today earns fifty pounds per lesson, with a maximum of 24 lessons per week — that is 4,800 pounds a month at best, below the minimum wage of 7,000 pounds.”

Max monthly pay for a contract teacher

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EGP (24 lessons x 50 EGP)

Legal minimum wage

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EGP per month

Contract teacher pay as a share of the minimum wage 68.6%

A teacher excluded from permanent appointment returns to the same classroom earning more than 30% below the legal minimum wage.

Source: Egyptian Ministry of Education data / Egyptian legal minimum wage