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Paying for the Qualification: What Happens When Reward Attaches to the Person Rather Than the Post
August 23, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown
A Guyanese public servant holding an ACCA qualification is paid an additional G$15,000 a month. A master’s degree attracts G$22,000; a doctorate G$32,000. The payment attaches to the person, not to the post — two officers doing identical work on the same grade may be paid differently according to what they have qualified in....
