A number of teachers, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of disciplinary action, said they had no idea when the education ministry will be making the payments, though it has been two months since the SPM results have been released.
FMT understands that the problem also extends to invigilators for the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) and Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) exams.
Putrajaya has also allegedly not paid invigilators for the SPM oral exams, which were carried out in February.
One SPM invigilator said he had yet to receive the full allowances and travel claims, though the majority of his colleagues already have.
“I’ve only received part-payment and I don’t know when I’ll be getting the full payment. I have a friend who was a chief invigilator but he was only paid what a normal invigilator would get.
“I pity him because he had to bear a lot of responsibilities, but ended up getting paid what a regular invigilator would receive,” he said.
Previously, FMT reported that several invigilators for major exams had yet to receive their claims and allowances when the SPM results were released on June 16.
According to a Treasury circular, teachers are allocated travel allowances of 85 sen per km for the first 500km travelled, and 75 sen per km for the subsequent distances.
For invigilating an examination, teachers are paid RM225 while chief invigilators are supposed to receive RM300, which adds on according to the number of sessions.
One teacher who has been marking SPM papers for more than five years said she had become “immune” to the delayed payments for allowances and claims. However, payments have been especially late this year even for her.
“In my case, I’ve received the payments for marking papers but not my travel claims. It’s late every year, but this year is the worst, I don’t know why.
“I’ve been marking answer papers for more than five years to gain experience, but now it’s becoming more of a burden.
“Previously, I could mark the papers from home, but now I have to go to school. It’s quite wearisome,” she said, adding that she might opt against marking SPM papers next year.
Attempts to reach education minister Radzi Jidin for comment have been unsuccessful.