Minister of Education G. Jakštas will present the education budget project

As reported by the ministry, the minister will also present what is being done to improve the working conditions of pedagogues, how the problems raised by teachers are solved.

Teachers, heads of schools, all those interested in education are invited to the event. The presentation will also be available on the ministry’s YouTube channel.

According to the ministry, it is expected that 496 million will be allocated to education next year. euros, or 14 percent, more than this year. The most additional funds, 352.6 million. euros, planned to be used to increase the salaries of pedagogues, teachers, researchers and non-academic workers.

According to the data of the Ministry, it is planned that the salaries of teachers and other pedagogical workers will increase by one-fifth during the next year by increasing the salary twice – from January 1 and from September 1.

In the next year’s budget, the government proposes to provide for the growth of teachers’ wages in two stages: from January – 10 percent, and a similar proportion from September – so that the average teacher’s salary reaches 130 percent. average national wage.

However, this proposal does not satisfy the trade union of Lithuanian education workers led by Andriaus Navickas, who on Wednesday intends to resume the strike that started at the end of September and was stopped in mid-October. The trade union also disagrees with the ministry regarding the structure of the workload and reducing the number of students in classes.

According to the ministry, as agreed with the other four trade unions in the collective agreement of the Lithuanian education and science branch, which was updated in October, a plan will be prepared in the first half of next year for the long-term salary increase of teachers until 2028.

A review of staff positions in educational institutions has also been initiated, and the first steps regarding the reduction of classes have been planned. From the next academic year, state funding will be reduced for municipalities that form too large classes.

G. Jakštas urged teachers not to strike, in his opinion, the strike disrupted the educational process, students and teachers, school administrations and municipalities suffered.