New salary scales for teachers. New salary scales for teachers were agreed to on Thursday by Education Minister Naledi Pandor, with her signing of an occupation specific dispensation with education trade unions. The agreement is a milestone for public education, Pandor said in a statement.nder the new system, newly-qualified teachers entering the profession would get R115 276 a year instead of R107 700 a year. The new salary scales would be backdated to 1 January. The department said they were worked out in nine months of negotiations with trade unions.