The Romanian government announced this evening that it supports its initial offer made to the education unions, the one by which it wants to adopt an Emergency Ordinance tomorrow to increase teachers' salaries starting from June, by 1.000 gross lei.
The Romanian government made this announcement after the education unions announced that the general strike continues in Romania, leaving the schools closed for a second week, and things don't seem to be approaching that easily to the end desired by some students and parents.
The Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Marcel Ciolacu, together with the Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, the Minister of Labor, Marius Budăi, and the Secretary General of the Government, Marian Neacșu, presented to the leaders of the Education trade unions the emergency ordinance that the Government will adopt it in tomorrow's meeting, thus fulfilling the requirements submitted on the basis of the negotiation mandates presented publicly.
Salary increase starting from June this year, by 1.000 lei gross monthly for teaching and auxiliary teaching staff in education, respectively by 400 gross lei per month for non-teaching staff in the educational system.
In the new salary scale, the salary of the starting teacher/university assistant will be related to the average gross salary in the economy and will represent the reference point of the education salary scale. Salary increases according to the new grid will be phased, within a maximum of three years from the entry into force of the new salary law, with the first installment representing 40 percent of the total value of the increases.
The text of the normative act has already been published transparently on the official websites of the Ministries of Education and Labor.
The governing coalition makes a new call for responsibility to all teachers and all staff who contribute to the smooth functioning of the educational system, to end the strike and allow the resumption of access to education for the more than 3.000.000 students in Romania, of which almost 300.000 are preparing for the national assessment and the baccalaureate.
