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The ministry says the threat of the coronavirus may be one of the reasons for educators’ retirement, but not the only one: teachers leave the job due to the retirement age and the decrease in the workload in the regions.
According to the response provided by the BNS Ministry, 900 teachers have already benefited from the 2018 teacher dismissal compensation fund.
According to data from the Employment Service on July 1, 1.8 thousand people were looking for work. teachers of primary, basic and secondary education, 133 vacancies were declared.
Primary teachers are the most jobseekers, there are 306, 22 vacancies are among the most jobseekers, there are also physical education teachers (209), two vacancies, English teachers (208) and 14 vacancies. music teachers (198), vacancies – 12, Lithuanian language teachers (127), vacancies – 17.
Egidijus Milešinas, president of the Lithuanian Union of Education and Science (LŠMPS), says that the withdrawal of some teachers may have been caused by COVID-19, but the number of people who left the job did not increase significantly.
“I think the situation at COVID-19 has had some impact, because during quarantine we received many calls to use that fund, but otherwise, a similar number of teachers used the severance pay in 2018, only then less funds were allocated , but two years ago and Teacher salaries were lower and the benefit fund was about 3 million, today 5 million are needed, “E. Milšinas told BNS.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports pays severance pay to higher teachers who no longer want to work in teaching.
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