i think the idea is to pay more to the existing teachers, who are often as sharp as a barrel of eggs. you cannot pay an idiot more. you should kick the idiot out. i am all for better pay for teachers. decent ones.
i know it may be a poor comparison... in poland a fresh out of school teacher gets very little. the more experience they have the more they earn. every now and then they have to pass the competence test and good results also mean better pay. a teacher gets evaluated all the time and the government provides great educational support system when teachers can take additional courses and classes for free, in a variety of subjects. and of course in order to teach, say, mathematics, you need to have a masters degree in math and a pedagogy course done.
yes, i know, the government here has their limitations and so on. but a model in line of the polish one should be exemplary here, something to aim for. you want to be a teacher? potential decent salary with lots of benefits in terms of holidays and education should attract lots of good candidates. but you cannot start them on good terms. there will be no motivation whatsoever to improve anything!
therefore, under such new education plan all teachers in DR will be, in fact, new teachers. start low, work your way up.