Hungarian government: teachers’ average salary could rise to EUR 1,940 in three years
The government is committed to raising the wages of teachers as steeply as possible over the next three years, a state secretary of the interior ministry said on Monday.
The government held “the broadest ever” consultation in the sector last year, with up to 33,000 relevant questionnaires returned by teachers during the summer and the autumn and another 130,000 returned by parents in the winter, Bence Retvari said in a video on Facebook.
The government also held personal consultations with 400 teachers and principals in December, as well as roundtable talks on education, and meetings with the strike committee of teachers’ unions, he said.
The plan is to raise wages using central budget resources and EU funding, which will allow increasing teachers’ wages by 21 percent this year, by 25 percent in 2024 and by 29 percent in 2025, Rátvári said.
“The average monthly wage of a teacher will go up by 75 percent to 777,000 forints (EUR 1,940) in three years,” he said.
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Source: MTI
TALK TALK TALK TALK We have heard this same refrain for years now. Just give them the money, because “teachers’ average salary could rise to EUR 1,940 in three years” contains the word “could”, not the word “will”. If there is money for guns, money for stadiums, money for the president to travel everywhere AND get a huge raise,then there is money for teachers NOW!
Meanwhile, over those three years the forint will decline in value by 75%.