Significant teacher payrise in Hungary next year
Teachers’ pay will rise by 32.2 percent on average from January 1, 2024, the interior ministry said on Friday.
Interns’ monthly remuneration will rise from 400,000 forints (EUR 1,050) to 528,800 forints, while pay grade I teachers will get at least 538,000 forints and pay grade II teachers no less than 555,000 forints per month. Teachers in the master pay grade will get at least 630,000 forints a month and research teachers 750,000 forints.
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Source:
elomagyarorszag.hu
This still isn’t right. The fact that the pay rise had to be so large reflects the situation that for a decade teachers were underpaid. In fact, with this pay rise teachers are still not back to where they were 10 years ago when they had their last massive pay increase. And just like the last time, this pay increase ignores the fact that for the years that preceded it, teachers had to “go without”, take on additional work, etc., just to make ends meet.
Like other aspects of the national policy making, Hungary is unable to figure out what a country needs to compete in the 21st century.