Education trade unionists protest on Thursday, July 31, the next day in front of the Ministry of Education. They threaten that they will only start the school year in the street.
Photo: Federation of Free Education Unions (FSLI)
In some counties, the unions have already announced that they suspend the didactic activity, which could mean that they will not organize the autumn session of the baccalaureate exam.
They are dissatisfied with the norms of norms, the number of students in the classes and the decrease of income, according to Digi24.
FSLI trade unionists gathered in front of the Ministry of Education and demand the resignation of Minister Daniel David, accusing him of upset the system through the austerity measures with which he agreed and which must be implemented until the beginning of the new school year, that is in less than a month.
Subsequently, the minister recognized the difficulty of the situation and states that the measures adopted by Law no. 141/2025 are “Necessary, not desired”mentioning that the educational system risks remaining without funds for salaries and scholarships starting in the fall.
“I read the position and claims of the unions in the education system very carefully. I understand the difficulty of the situation! (…) As a minister, I have the legal obligation to implement the laws in force (and the government program).
The measures taken by Law no. 141/2025 are necessary, not desired, in order to be able to protect our salaries and scholarships from autumn. Directly said, there is no money for paying salaries and scholarships for all year! It is incorrect to believe that it is not difficult for me to apply them and that I do not understand the created discomfort ”, said Daniel David on Thursday, July 31, in a press release.
The two-hour growth of the teaching norm, the increase of the number of students and the merging of the small schools are the measures that have generated the highest dissatisfaction, because they will translate into chairs that disappear and teachers who will be put in the situation of looking for other positions or leaving the system.
The draft normative acts by which they will be implemented contain close terms, for the actions to be put into practice being at all, about a month.
