Azerbaijan has completed the first phase of teacher certification, raising salaries for 91,400 of the 104,000 teachers who took part.
Azerbaijan’s teacher certification scheme has delivered a pay rise to 91,400 of the 104,000 teachers who sat the exam, a Ministry of Science and Education official has said. Deputy Minister of Science and Education Kanan Karimzade gave the figures at a joint meeting of the Milli Majlis committees on Agrarian Policy, Family, Women and Children’s Affairs, and Science and Education, held to discuss the draft law “On the State Budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2027”.
According to Karimzade, 60,000 teachers who scored between 30 and 51 points passed the exam and received a 10% salary increase. A further 31,000 teachers posted higher results and qualified for a 35% increase.
Teachers who did not take part in certification, or were not included in the process, earned an average of 770 manats a month this year, official data show. Gross monthly pay, including tax, rose to 1,010 manats for those awarded the 10% increase and to 1,320 manats for those scoring above 51 points.
Karimzade said 286.4 million manats from next year’s state budget will be allocated to fund the reform. He added that teachers’ average monthly earnings have more than tripled since 2014.
As of September 2026, the average monthly salary for teachers in Azerbaijan, including tax (gross), reached 1,030 manats.
