Parliament adopted two such draft resolutions by consensus, one of which was submitted by a group of opposition representatives, and the other by the conservative former Minister of Education, Science and Sports Jurgita Šiugždinienė. By consensus, it was decided to take them together and combine them into one, and further consideration is scheduled for December 12.
Over 40 representatives of the opposition propose to entrust such an audit to the State Audit Office by February 1 next year, while conservative J. Šiugždinienė suggests that the audit be done by May 15 next year.
“No one disputes, and I will not dispute, that the state funding for education is indeed growing, but the rate of growth in the quality of education is obviously not sufficient. Teachers express reasonable dissatisfaction with salaries, the National Audit Office, the statistical agency calculate teachers’ salaries and other indicators differently,” said Viktoras Fiodorovs, an elder of the opposition Labor Party faction, who presented the resolution.
J. Šiugždinienė proposed to combine the resolutions and decide on one audit.
In the next year’s budget, 3.842 billion will be allocated to education. EUR – additional 540 million EUR, compared to 3.3 billion EUR 100 million in funding in 2023, and the biggest part of the growing costs goes to the implementation of the education agreement, which increases the salaries of teachers and research workers.
The government proposes to raise teachers’ wages next year in two stages: from January – by 10%, and by a similar proportion from September – until the average teacher’s salary reaches 130%. average national wage. In the next year’s budget, over 387 million will be additionally allocated for the implementation of the education agreement. euros.
Most of this amount is over 219 million. EUR – provided for the salaries of teachers and pedagogical workers, over EUR 84 million. euros – for increasing the salaries of teachers, researchers and non-academic employees.
The four trade unions uniting education workers, which have signed a collective agreement with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, agreed to such an increase, but the Lithuanian Education Workers’ Union (LŠDPS) led by Andriaus Navickos disagrees, calling for a 15 percent salary increase.
LŠDPS organized a strike at the end of September, which was temporarily suspended in mid-October and is being resumed on Wednesday. A teachers’ rally is also organized near the Seimas.
The Ministry of Finance provides figures that, according to the data published by the State Data Agency, teachers’ salaries will increase by an average of 276 euros next year, including 130 euros from January 1. For teachers and researchers, respectively, the salary will increase next year by 440 euros, of which 140 euros will be from January 1.
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2024-08-16 03:06:32
