The Minister of Education, Jaime Perczyk, announced an agreement with the unions teachers to advance the sections of the salary increase to reach a 60.8% increase in December. The variation occurs at a time when inflation does not settle and the outlook is not positive for the current month.
The Ministry of Education decided to permanently maintain the monitoring commission for the evolution of the salary of the teachers with revision in September. The five guilds that represent educators They signed the act that resolved to advance the salary adjustment.
The national minimum floor for teachers It will be 55 thousand pesos from June 1; 60 thousand from July 1; 64 thousand from September and will reach 68,400 in December of this year.
education workers agreed an advance of the FONID (National Teacher Incentive Fund) fees for the months of June, August and September of this year, for the sum of 4,524 pesos from June 1 and 6,774 in total, as an additional for teaching material and connectivity, and from July 1 there will be 5,141 and 7,391 respectively.
For September the variation for teachers it will be 6,634 and 7,884 for teaching material and connectivity; while in December they will be 6,173 and 8,423. “We are part of a political space that believes that the salary of teachers and all workers has to beat inflation”Minister Perczyk reiterated.
The ban on inclusive language
On the recent ban on inclusive language in the City of Buenos Aires, Jaime Perczyk compared the decision to the Franco regime. “I always remember, perhaps I will go far back in time, that the Franco regime prohibited left-handedness, prohibited writing with the left hand. With that they thought they corrected something and things are deeper “he stated.
The head of Education said that what should really be changed are the root causes of sexist violence, exclusion, salary inequity and opportunities in access to some careers.
