Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform the hon. Member that gymnasium instructors, on a part-time basis, are recruited through the Local Government Service Commission both at the level of District and Municipal Councils. According to the Pay Research Bureau (PRB) Report 2021, the monthly allowance payable to part-time gymnasium instructors was revised from Rs14,895 to Rs16,610, provided the incumbent performed 27 working hours weekly. The staffing position in the grade is being tabled. Furthermore, Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, local authorities also retain the services of gymnasium instructors on a sessional basis. The instructors are enlisted through an expression of interest with the sessional arrangement typically for a duration ranging from one and a half hours to two hours. Following the publication of the Pay Research Bureau Report 2021 and further to requests made by the local authorities, the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms was approached to revise the quantum of allowance payable to instructors of yoga, zumba, self-defence and gym enlisted on a sessional basis.

65 On 31 October 2022, the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms revised the allowance from Rs425 for a session of one and half hours to two hours to Rs475 for a session of one and half hours for instructors enlisted to teach aerobics, badminton, kickboxing, tai chi, yoga, and Zumba, where the terms and conditions of employment are similar. I am tabling detailed returns regarding employment of part-time gymnasium instructors in the local government service, indicating the number of established posts along with the number of officers in post as at 31 May 2025. The table also includes the instructors retained on a sessional basis to teach Zumba and yoga. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, any revision of these rates will be subject to recommendations made in the forthcoming Pay Research Bureau Report.

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