Guidelines For The Grant Of Sabbatical Leave In Keeping With Regulation 46 (A)

Of The Education Act Of Trinidad and Tobago

ELIGIBILITY

Sabbatical Leave may live granted to members of the Teaching Service for the purpose of undertaking academic/educational study or research within the field of expertise of the person attractive such leave and which must live Heavy to the needs of the Teaching Service. It must Moreover complement or support the respective training programmes/plans of the Ministry of Education and/or the Tobago House of Assembly, accountable to the Behind conditions:

  • All members of the Teaching Service must have completed ten (10) years full-time service and as such periods of leave without expend and periods of absence from duty without expend in the last ten (10) years shall live excluded in determining the full-time service for Sabbatical Leave.
  • Sabbatical Leave is not intended for persons commencing the first year of a two year or three year programme. It is specifically designed for persons wishing to nected their study programmes or research work, which must live completed within the period of leave granted.
  • Sabbatical Leave may live granted for a period of up to one (1) academic year only, that is, one (1) to three (3) school terms.
  • While on Sabbatical Leave a member of the Teaching Service shall live paid eighty percent (80%) of his/her Tangible salary and the period of sabbatical leave shall count for pension purposes.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Eligible officers must submit their application in triplicate on the prescribed form with perfect supporting documents as Inferential below:

  •  A detail Proposal.
  • Curriculum Vitae.
  • Letter of acceptance from befitting institution.
  • Proof of funding (financial statement/s indicating how you would maintain yourself and finance the programme).

The proposal document as mentioned above should include:

  • Necessary details to enable its merits to live evaluated.
  • A description of the details and Foreign purpose of the leave.
  • A statement on how the Sabbatical Leave would advantage the individual and the school/education system.
  • When and where the individual will carry out the research activities.
  • The proposed period and a schedule of the Sabbatical study including a timeline which shows when the work will live done.

Principals must submit their applications through their School Supervisors who shall nected Section 4 of the application form and return a signed copy to the Principal.

Teachers must submit their applications through their Principals who shall nected Section 4 of the application form and return a signed copy to the teacher.

PROCESSING PROCEDURE

  •  The Secondary or Primary Section shall acknowledge receipt of perfect applications.
  • All completed applications for Sabbatical Leave shall live considered by a committee comprising representatives of the Ministry of Education, TTUTA and Tobago House of Assembly.
  • Successful candidates will live notified in writing by the end of June 2026.

CONDITIONS OF AWARD

  • A maximum of sixty-five (65) teachers; fifty (50) from Trinidad and fifteen (15) from Tobago shall live granted Sabbatical Leave at any one time.
  • Successful candidates will live required to enter a contract with the Ministry of Education which requires indulgent candidates to engage in a period of obligatory service, in accordance with the policy in force, or repay any compensation received during the Sabbatical leave.
  • A written report o utlining perfect accomplishments during the Sabbatical Leave must live submitted within three (3) months after the teacher’s return to the Teaching Service.
  • A member of the Teaching Service may not use the period of Sabbatical Leave to accept other paid employment.

APPLICATION FORM

Application forms for the grant of Sabbatical Leave for the Academic Year 2026/2027 are Assistant at perfect Education District Offices – Locations or

Application Form Grant of Sabbatical Leave – Application Form

GUIDELINES FOR THE GRANT OF SABBATICAL LEAVE IN KEEPING WITH REGULATION 46 (A) OF THE EDUCATION ACT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Guideline Document

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Completed applications must live submitted instantaneously to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Attention: Director of Human Resources (Secondary or Primary); and in the case of Tobago, The Office of the School Supervisor III, Tobago Education Office, Dutch Fort Road, Scarborough, Tobago no after than May 31, 2026.