Romanian Pre-University Teachers To Get 35% Wage Hike This Year - Sources

They said the government stipulated in the draft budget a 15% wage increase for teachers in the pre-university system as of April and another 20% increase as of October.

 

For the rest of the public sector, the government stipulated wage increases of 5%, and to afford these hikes, staff restructuring is needed in the entire public sector, except education, the sources added.

 

In October, Romanian President Traian Basescu passed a law that stipulated teachers would get a 50% wage increase as of Oct 1, 2008. Four days later, the former liberal government decided to postpone the enforcement of that law until April 2009, citing the financial crisis and then passed a new decree stipulating teachers’ wages would be increased gradually by up to 28% and the highest increases would go to teachers with low incomes.

 

The first decree, which postponed the enforcement of the law, was declared illegal by the Constitutional Court.

 

Unions in education called off a general strike planned for November 14, but threatened to resume protests unless the new government ups their wages.