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GOVT SUBMITS NEW EDUCATION BILL TO PARLT

Following consultations with professional organisations and unions, the government will submit a bill on teachers' new career path, including remuneration and legal status, to parliament on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
 

The legislation is aimed at “improving the professional and financial appreciation of teachers,” the ministry said. While drafting the bill, the government considered the results of online surveys and consultations with teachers and parents. Consultations took place with professional organisations, unions and parties with most of the results incorporated in the bill, the ministry said. At the same time, leftist lawmakers had made “provocative statements and aggressive demands” at consultations held about the bill and follow-up consultations had only been attended by three of the seven parties invited, the statement said.
The ministry said the government was committed to giving teachers a significant payrise. It raised teachers’ wages in advance by 10% from January, but will bump them up retroactively “as soon as Hungary receives the European Union funding it is entitled to”. Teachers’ wages may reach 80 percent of the average wage of degree holders by 2025, it said. Teachers’ employment status will be defined as a public education employee.