Photo: FoNet/Marko DragoslavićThe strike of educators continues. Classes will be shortened to 30 minutes in schools in four cities in Serbia. In the meantime, the Minister of Education congratulates the employees in education on the Day of Serbian Educators, ignoring their demands
Four representative education unions announced today that starting next week, classes will be shortened to 30 minutes in school administrations in Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Sombor and Valjevo, writes RSE.
Union representatives said that the first week of the strike with reduced hours was implemented in 70 percent of schools in Belgrade and 80 percent of schools in Požarevac.
They explained that they will go on strike because the state budget for the next year will be adopted without the salary increase in the percentage they requested from the Government of Serbia.
They also state that there is a possibility of radicalization of the strike if the Government does not accept their proposals in the future.
The president of the Požarevac school administration from the Nezavisnost trade union, Jasminka Marić, said that school employees are unique and "resist the pressures".
"There are pressures from directors who are afraid, so it happens that only one employee wants to work for 45 minutes." We have provided such colleagues with separate classrooms, but this shows that the dignity of the profession is not at the level it should be," said Marić, RSE reports.
The first week of the circular strike
Members of representative trade unions educational workers on November 4, they joined the legal strike, which was implemented in schools in the area of school administrations in Belgrade and Požarevac by shortening classes to 30 minutes, "Vreme" wrote.
In addition to the school administrations of Belgrade and Požarevac, classes will be shortened in schools in the area of Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Sombor and Valjevo from November 13 to 15, since November 11 and 12 are the autumn holidays for students, and November 11 is non-working day for employees due to national holiday Armistice Day in the First World War.
From November 18 to 22, classes will be shortened in schools in the area of Kragujevac, Čačak, Kraljevo and Užice, and from November 25 to 29 in the school administrations of Niš, Kruševac, Jagodina, Leskovac and Zaječar.
Đukić Dejanović congratulated the Day of Educators
Minister of Education Slavica Đukić Dejanović congratulated employees in education on November 8, the Day of Serbian Educators, stating that this profession carries a great responsibility but also a great honor.
"You are doing an extremely responsible job that requires a lot of sacrifice, understanding and love, and be proud that you have chosen this noble calling that is important to all of us." I want to thank you for the effort and efforts you put in to educate and raise our children and build a positive value system in them, because they are our future," the minister said in a statement.
She stated that the relevant ministry, in cooperation with other competent institutions, will continue to work on creating the best possible conditions for the work of educators, as well as on improving their financial position.
Requirements of educators
The main demand of the educators is that the Government fulfills what it committed to in the protocol it signed with the trade unions a year ago - that the starting salary of teachers with the seventh degree be equal to the average national salary from January 1, 2025.
The government, on the other hand, is offering an 11 percent raise for all employees in education and preschool institutions, as well as a one-time aid payment of 15.000 dinars that all sectors, except higher education, would receive at the beginning of January.
It was also offered a one percent increase in the compensation for class teachers, which was rejected by all four unions.
The starting salary of a teacher is about 740 euros, which is about 80 euros lower than the average salary in Serbia, which is 818 euros.
Finance Minister Siniša Mali confirmed on November 8 that the budget for the next year plans to increase salaries in education by 11 percent.
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