Faculty Members

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Positions

The early Engineering departments have

• Professor
• Lecturer(s)
• Assistant Lecturer(s)

The then new Education System created

• Instructor(s)

The newer Education System created

• Associate Professor (s)

Pay Scales

Professor

1300+ Kyats

Lecturer

800 – 50 – 1200 Kyats

Starting pay 800 Kyats; annual increment of 50 Kyats; Maximum of 1200 Kyats

Assistant Lecturer

350 & CLA – 25 -700 Kyats
where CLA (Cost of Living Allowance) was 89 Kyats (or so). The adjusted pay was 439 Kyats (or so).

The CLA was later dropped. Then, Assistant Lecturer’s pay scale became : 450 – 25 – 700 Kyats

Instructor

450 – 25 – 700 Kyats
The pay scale is the same as Assistant Lecturer, but it takes much longer to become a Lecturer.

Terminology

Selection Grade

Those who earn 800+ Kyats can buy 10% of salary at “Staff Shop”

Gazetted Officer

Those who earn 350 & CLA or higher in the old system or 450+ (Base Pay) in the newer system

Promotion, deputation, transfer, leave … are published in the [Burma] Gazette

Head of Department

Large departments are headed by a Professor.

Sub-departments are headed by a Lecturer.

Supporting departments may be headed by an AL.

Demonstrator / Tutor

Early days : 200 (and CLA) => 297 Kyats (or so)

Later : 320 Scale

Supervises lab and/or tutorials

Lecturing Tutor

Receives 100 Kyats extra

Ad hoc Tutor

Early days : 100+ Kyats