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New details emerged about the impressive wage hike of the Hungarian teachers
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Wage increases will benefit all teachers in Hungary, a government official said on Thursday.
Hungary is set to receive EU operative funding of 530 million euros in this year, paving the way for a 32.2 percent wage hike for school and kindergarten teachers from Jan 1, Bence Rétvári, the interior ministry state secretary, told a press conference.
Monthly pay will range between 528,800 forints (EUR 1,395) and 630,000 forints, while teachers who also carry out research will receive 750,000 forints, he said, adding that wages of special needs teachers will increase by 20 percent.
The latest pay rise for teachers was “the biggest” of the post-communist period, he said, adding that another 21 percent increase would follow next year.
The state secretary criticised Hungary’s left wing parties and their MEPs for their “attempts over the past couple of years to block the payment of EU funds”, money that was necessary for implementing the pay hikes.
Announcing the receipt of the EC approval on Wednesday, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that 530 million euros of EU funding would cover 12 percent of the raise until 2030.
So we need EU funding (from stupid “contributor” countries who obviously don´t put their own people first) to raise teacher´s wages …
Let´s not forget that inflation in Hungary was 14.6 percent in 2022 and a whopping 17.3 percent in 2023 (with a spike not seen since the mid 90s), so there is quite a bit for our Politicians to make up for – just to make our teachers break even! Using money from the EU (“funding”), naturally.