This strikes and demonstrations called by the main unions teachers Portugal complicate back to classes After the Christmas holidays. Some protests intensified this Tuesday, the deadline for the government to respond to the demands. National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof), which includes the withdrawal of new ones recruitment criteria and wage increase. Hundreds of teachers are waiting Camping in front of the Ministry of Education in Lisbonnext Saturday one grand rally in the center of the capital.
The unions launched the mobilizations after the Portuguese Government confirmed its intention to grant more autonomy to the municipalities and the managers of business centres. recruiting staff. Teacher representatives stated that this new criterion would lead to favoritism and exchange of favors They advocate the current selection system based on years of service and qualifications for each teacher’s performance throughout the course. “New criteria, great subjectivity According to El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group, national coordinator of the STOP union, partisan effects and partisan effects, although the current model is completely transparent, André Pestana.
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High adaptability to strikes, close to 80% Pestana assures that, according to the unions themselves, it is an example of the extreme situation teachers are experiencing in the country. “The new hiring criteria were the last straw, but we had other issues that came before. salary update the democratic management of schools and the right to the same educational conditions, compensating for inflation. pension and sick leave Some demands are also shared by non-teaching staff who participated in the protests.
The cuts affected the resumption of classes in all courses, and dozens of schools began compulsory education. temporarily shut down. It’s something that worries families, some of whom have to take time off from work to stay at home with their children. “Consequences for families can be devastating”warned the president this week National Confederation of Parents’ Associations (Confap), Mariana Carvalho at the ‘Observador’ station. The unions are asking parents to join the protests to force the Government to respond to their demands as soon as possible.
preliminary meetings
Faced with an increase in mobilizations, the Portuguese government decided advance the meetings with teacher representatives, initially scheduled for the end of the month. Making a short statement, the Ministry of National Education confirmed that it will start a new period. Negotiations from 18-20 January discuss new recruitment criteria without clarifying when other demands raised by unions will be addressed. The executive defends its proposal will not change the model of your current recruitment and qualify as “lie campaign teachers’ accusations
The Minister of National Education, in his speech in the Turkish Grand National Assembly last week, joao costaHe stressed that the government’s aim is to “end the problems”.instability and instability” He underlined that the vast majority of teachers have progressed in their professional careers since 2018. de-bureaucracy”. The minister’s words, however, do not yet convince the unions, which plan to continue the strikes until mid-February.