Finance and Education ministers discuss teachers’ salaries

Finance and Education ministers discuss teachers’ salaries

The state could attract high quality teachers by settling the problem of variable living costs, said Finance Minister Peter Kažimír on Wednesday. "This issue probably won't unite teachers, but it's a way of differentiating, for example, the salaries of teachers in Bratislava, as they have higher living costs," said the Finance Minister. The other solution to the problem of the lack of quality teachers is, as he pointed out, to attract young motivated people. Kažimír also said that talks with Education Minister Peter Plavčan on supporting young starting teachers are currently under way. At the same time he stressed that "the salaries of our teachers grew by 10% between September 2015 and September 2016". However, teachers claim the hike is not sufficient and are ready to continue in their weekly strikes next Thursday.


Mojmir Prochazka, Photo: TASR

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