The Cabinet approves a salary subsidy for teachers of 18,000 baht.

Government House, The Prime Minister revealed that the Cabinet approved a budget of 118 million baht to build a parking building at Nakhon Pathom Hospital, ordering the Minister of Public Health to look into the root cause of the problem of a shortage of medical personnel, and agreed to increase teacher salaries to 18,000 baht within 2 years, and approved the use of the central budget to compensate for electricity costs according to the measure. Prime Minister Settha Thavisin announced the results of the cabinet meeting that the meeting approved the use of maintenance funds to construct a 10-story parking building with a building area of ??16,603 square meters at Nakhon Pathom Hospital, Nakhon Pathom Province, with a budget of 118 million baht. However, another important issue is the shortage of personnel, including nurses and medical technicians, who are considered valuable personnel and are in short supply worldwide. No matter how many are produced, they may end up working abroad, resulting in a shortage of many people to help doctors. Therefore, he has ordered the Minister of Public Health to look into how to increase these personnel. Where is the problem? The Prime Minister also revealed that the Cabinet approved the Ministry of Education's proposal to adjust the teacher salary subsidy rate from 15,000 baht to 18,000 baht, with gradual adjustments over 2 years, and additional subsidies for private schools with no more than 200 students. The Prime Minister also said that the Cabinet meeting approved the proposal from the Ministry of Interior for the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and the Provincial Electricity Authority to spend the 2024 central budget of 11,939 million baht to compensate for the expenses from the electricity compensation measure for the public for electricity bills from January to April 2024. Source: Thai News Agency