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According to the draft collective agreement in the field of education and science prepared in AugustStarting next school year, the salaries of teachers working in preschool, preschool, general education, non-formal education and vocational education programs should increase by 10% on average. According to the Ministry of Education and Science, this would require an additional 28.7 million LTL in 2021. euros.
If the salaries of education support specialists, school librarians and other teaching staff were increased by the same amount, it would cost another 3.9 million. euros.
Luke April / Photo of 15min / At school
The draft agreement provides for an increase in the number of non-contact hours for preschool and preschool teachers from 3 to 6 hours, adding 1 non-contact hour each year starting next year. According to the Ministry, an additional 4.7 million LTL should be allocated for this purpose each year until 2023. euros.
When designing the classes for the next school year, it is suggested to take into account the number of children with special educational needs and multiply it by two. It would also require financing: 1.5 million. euros.
Aims to reduce classes
Under the agreement, educators who leave the system would receive severance pay. This year, 1 million. The budget for next year is the same, but to “accelerate the change of teachers and the renewal of staff”, according to the MESM, 2 million euros would be needed in 2021. euros.
Another 2.8 million. Euros would be needed if, from January next year, the basket of teaching materials for each teacher increased to 60 euros.
The agreement also aims to establish that, as of September 2022, the maximum number of pupils in primary school classes will be between 24 and 22 children (starting with reductions in the newly created first grade) and between 30 and 28 students in elementary and middle schools (beginning with reductions in new grades). classes 5 and 9).
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Euros
“According to preliminary calculations, in 2022, an additional 5.4 million would be needed. Eur, 2023 – 16.2 million Eur, 2024 – 16.2 million Eur, 2024 – 16.2 million Eur, 2025 – 10.8 million Eur” said ŠMSM.
Under the agreement, LSSD members could expect an additional three days of paid annual leave during school holidays. In addition – 10 working days of study leave, leaving the average salary for it. How much it would cost, SMSM did not specify.
“The indicated need for additional funds is not included in the limits of the maximum allocations of the state budget for 2021-2023, therefore, it must be provided additionally,” the document reads.
Nor does it calculate how institutional funding for education and science should shift to a total of at least 6% of real GDP growth. of GDP.
Waiting for verdict from the ministry
The content of the contract with 15 minutes A. Navickas, president of the LŠDPS, said he did not know if he would sign it. It is said that this will become clear when the Ministry of Finance, and finally the Government, express their opinion.
The Ministry of Finance may reject both these increases and reductions in students, as well as other guarantees. Then there will be no agreement, “said A. Navickas.
He said he was not sure that the politicians who had taken office after the Seimas elections would implement their commitments.
“After the teachers ‘strike in 2018, the government drew up a strategy and confirmed that teachers’ salaries would be 10% each. increase in 2020 and 2021. It is clear who will implement it and how, the question of whether to abide by the agreements or not ”, doubted the leader of the LSDP.
Photo by Josvydas Elinskas / 15min / Algirdas Monkevičius and Andrius Navickas
If the collective agreement with ŠMSM is signed, it will be the union’s first, according to A. Navickas.
ШМСМ 15 minutes He claimed that he had been negotiating a collective agreement with the LSSD since last year.
“The intermediate result of the negotiations is a draft collective agreement, which is presented to the Ministries of Finance and Social Welfare and Labor for approval at the end of August. After receiving the conclusions of these institutions, the draft of the agreement will be improved in the negotiating team, “said the ministry in its response.
Later, if the provisions of the agreement were agreed between the LSSD and the Ministry, the project would travel to the Government. And here it is convenient to decide to authorize the Minister of Education, Science and Sports to sign a collective agreement.
LŠDPS unites around 5.5 thousand. members.
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