Teachers and students have long been protesting to demand higher salaries for teachers, among other things, but the government has so far blamed the left and the European Commission. Due to low teachers’ salaries responsible. However, now that the way for EU funds was opened on Wednesday afternoon, there is no longer any obstacle to raising teachers’ wages.
Earlier, the Ministry of the Interior revealed that the average salary of teachers this year is more than half a million forints. At that time, they also promised to implement a wage increase of at least ten percent on January 1, 2024, which will be provided from the national budget.
In this regard, Gergely Gulyas recently stated that teachers’ salaries could already reach 72 percent of the average salary of graduates in January 2024, which means a total of 700,000 HUF on average. This requires Brussels to release EU funds,
By 2025, teachers’ total earnings could reach 80% of the average graduate salary.
However it is from right to left Hirado asked the Interior Ministry, which confirmed that teachers will receive a 10 percent increase in their salaries as of January 1. However, it has been confirmed that once the money arrives, teachers can get another bonus.
However, as Gergely Gulyas mentioned in his already quoted speech, the EU is implementing follow-on funding, so the Hungarian government must pay for the increase in teachers’ salaries first.
Laszlo Arato, an expert interviewed by RTL, also sees this. Therefore, the government will be obliged to pre-finance the wage increase. Tamas Totic, head of the teachers’ union, revealed that they do not expect a significant increase in wages at the beginning of the year, but in this case they will announce a strike.
(Cover photo: Gergely Gulyas. Photo: Zsoufi Szólar / Index)
