New education bill promises significant payrise for Hungarian teachers
The interior ministry has published the draft legislation on public education on its website to enable further consultation with professional organisations and the public.
The government and advocacy groups have agreed on the schedule of the consultation, the ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. The government raised teachers’ wages by 10 percent from January, but will bump them up to 21 percent retroactively “as soon as Hungary receives the European Union funding it is entitled to”, the statement said. Wages may increase by 25 percent in 2024 and by up to 30 percent in 2025, compared with 2021 levels, it said.
Teachers’ wages may reach 80 percent of the average wage of degree holders by 2025, it said. Regarding further issues in public education, the ministry took the results of last year’s National Consultation public survey into consideration when drafting the bill, the statement said. Teachers working in disadvantaged regions or with children struggling with multiple disadvantages will have higher raises, it said. Performance will also be a factor. The bill would also simplify teachers’ progress in the wage system, the statement said.
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Source: MTI
Empty promise to delay the strike. SHOW THEM THE MONEY, or strike strike strike.
FMD! So, according to this government, it’s up to the EU to decide if our teachers get a well-deserved pay rise or not. If there is no more money from the EU, then our teachers don’t get a further pay rise. Turn the teachers against the EU, and deflect blame away from this Orbán Government.
Same old story. This government blames everything on the EU, Soros, NATO, Biden, the opposition parties or illegal immigrants.
They’re OUR teachers and should get paid with monies that this govenment gets from OUR TAXES!
Disgusting – propaganda based “driven” – veiling, the hiding of FACT coming AGAIN out of this Orban Government.
Orban and his “mob” are BROKE.
They won’t because they have ABUSED, mis-used our taxes and European Union Funding – financially meet – what they state AGAIN what they are going to do for Educators / Education in Hungary.
Diabolical falseness in what’s – just sighting this Educator/Education disaster – the lies, whether alone ALL the other MASSIVE “stuff” ups – placing us in Hungary in the “Black” hole we are – all through the DOINGS signed off and approved by the present Prime Minister of Hungary – becoming RIGHTFULLY daily embattled – Victor Orban.
STRIKE – a right granted us under DEMOCRACY – in an orderly thought out and designed fashion – that keeps EUROPE the World abreast of what we EDUCATORS – the abuse, disrespect attitude – endured over 13 years that he – Victor Orban has been in the Prime Ministers chair – that we have continuously received from this Orban Government.
Educators, Students, there Parents & Families – that comes under the Title/Banner of EDUCATION, this Orban Government have dismally FAILED – in there “Duty of Care” into Education.
Orban has NOT rightly INVESTED – our taxes and “acquired” Funding into Education, but “signed off” on “other” pleasure time projects that – BLOW OPEN – exhibit, display openly – his inability – his Governments inability – to PRIORITIZE – for the “needs” of Hungarians – the FUTURE of Hungary through EDUCATION.