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Opposition parties promises wage hikes for Hungarian teachers
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Opposition parties on Thursday promised to implement a one-time large-scale wage hike and wage supplements for teachers should the opposition come to power after the general election this spring.
Socialists
Ágnes Kunhalmi of the Socialist Party told an online press conference that Hungary had failed to modernise its education sector over the past 10 to 12 years. She said the country was struggling with a shortage of teachers, adding that many of Hungary’s teachers were old and many were leaving the profession.
She said that
once teachers’ wages were hiked, the new government would have to gradually keep raising wages in the sector in order to make the profession attractive again.
She also underlined the importance of providing wage supplements to those teaching, for example, disadvantaged and special needs students.
Jobbik
Koloman Brenner of Jobbik said the new government would give students a chance to pass at least an intermediate language exam before graduating from secondary school. Students enrolled in vocational training will also be given the opportunity to learn foreign languages, he added.
….another empty promise of the opposition….
To raise salaries means raising taxes or just printing more money, thereby, reducing the value of the currency. Only naive people would be taken in by the opposition.