The Teachers’ Union (SINPROF) decided to suspend the third phase of the strike, scheduled to start on the 3rd of January, pending the results of a meeting with the Government, scheduled for the 16th of the same month.
The decision came out of an Assembly of teachers, which took place on the 24th, informed, this Monday, the 26th, the general secretary of the union, Admar Jinguma.
Admar Jinguma explained that 7498 teachers attended the meeting to inform them regarding the results of the meeting with the Government held on the last 15th of this month, during which the employer requested a moratorium until the 16th of January, for the presentation of new solutions to the problems contained in the claim booklet.
Therefore, 3751 teachers, representing 51%, voted in favor of the solution.
“For now, it is suspended, awaiting the meeting on January 16, 2023”, he underlined.
As the cause of the strike, the unionists point to single teaching in the 5th and 6th grades, the shared distribution of meals, the promotion of careers, as well as the reduction of the IRT.
In 2019, the union sent a claim booklet with 10 points and direct conversations took place between both parties, which resulted in the fulfillment of seven points.
According to the Ministry of Education (MED), single teaching, school meals and promotions or updating of categories are being resolved.
The National Union of Teachers (SINPROF) has already carried out two of the three planned phases of the stoppage, the first being from 23 to 30 November 2022, the second from 6 to 16 December of the same year and the last from 3 to 31 January from 2023.
By Angop
