The trade unionists in education announced that they will protest on Wednesday in front of the Ministry of Education and Research, dissatisfied with the “intention” of the Government to “additionally reduce” personnel expenses in the system through a new normative act.
Protest by trade unionists from Education PHOTO: Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea
“The Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education, the Federation of Trade Unions in Education ‘Spiru Haret’ and the National Trade Union Federation ‘Alma Mater’ are protesting against the Executive’s intention to further reduce personnel expenses in the education system, through a new normative act that is being discussed these days behind closed doors at the Victoria Palace. We consider that such a measure is not only inopportune, but also profoundly unfair, with consequences serious effects on the educational system”according to Agerpres.
According to them, education is already facing a lack of qualified staff, inadequate salaries, excessive bureaucracy and an increased level of professional stress, and these new cuts would risk creating “an unprecedented crisis and a serious violation” of children’s right to education.
“It is obvious that the experts who work on identifying solutions to reduce the budget deficit do not concretely know the activity in the education system. We already have thousands of children who do not have qualified teachers in the classroom, and every day hundreds of teachers, including from higher education, give up the hours they have to pay by the hour. Any cut that will be decided in the next period will lead to the aggravation of the personnel crisis, with direct consequences for the children“, say the trade unionists.
They ask the parties in the governing coalition to abandon the respective measures.
“Education is not to blame because those who were in power in recent years they have not solved the problem of special pensions! Education is not to blame for the fact that the Romanian governments were not able to make the necessary reforms to receive money from the PNRR! Education is not to blame for cross-party corruption! Don’t sacrifice, again, the education system to cover the sinecures!”the trade unionists say.
