“We will do everything we can to restore the dignity of the teacher,” Minister Barbara Nowacka argued on TVN24, explaining the government’s problems with pay increases for teaching staff.
The head of the Ministry of Education was asked about teachers’ dissatisfaction that the government has not kept its promises regarding pay increases.
Today I saw teachers in the Lublin region. (…) they said it was good that they would get the raise they did. (…) we are obliged to implement the increases
– she said.
She then referred to one of the ‘hundred details’ that KO had announced during the election campaign.
In addition, there are accessories. For eight years, PiS has barely managed to pass on a comparable amount of salary increase as we did in a month. On average, a novice teacher receives PLN 1577, a appointed teacher PLN 1720 and a certified teacher PLN 2194. (…) Stories and legends have arisen. I understand that some certified teachers feel that it is inappropriate to equate them with beginning teachers, but we as a country must encourage people to come and work as teachers
– she said.
Then…she tried PiS and Prof. Czarnka.
They won’t go away. An increase of 30 percent. that is fair. Mr. Czarnek said that 30 percent. impossible. 30 percent this is a fair and noticeable increase. (…) The real lack of Polish schools is the lack of teachers who are willing to come and work. We must encourage them. (…) We won on October 15, the government has barely less than a month. Only a few things are corrected after PiS. We will do everything we can to restore the dignity of the teacher
– she said.
Religion in schools
Referring to the issue of limiting the number of hours of religious instruction in schools, she said:
If there is an arrangement, we will talk. I hope the episcopate is ready for a conversation. (…) I really don’t understand why children should have more religion than biology, chemistry and physics combined. (…) If parents want their child to have more hours of religion, we will not prohibit extra lessons in church. It will be even better for the Church, because there will be more holiness there.
Then Barbara Nowacka attacked Polish television and praised Minister Sienkiewicz.
Minister Sienkiewicz is doing the right thing. He knows exactly what TVP did. He was the victim of hatred. (…) These victims of hatred are the son of Magda Filiks, they are President Adamowicz, they are teachers. This TVP propaganda campaign has left them unheard and ignored for years and we are just trying to reverse this
– she said.
The program also discussed changes in abortion law. Nowacka assured that her formation would convince people to accept its solutions.
It is clear to us that this is one of a hundred special things. And we keep our agreements. The KO project is being prepared and the left will support us. We will convince. Us and the social side. We won the elections, among other things. thanks to the involvement of women
– she said.
The new government is clearly unable to keep the promises it made to Poles during the election campaign. What is their explanation? As usual it’s the same: PiS’s fault.
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Source: wPolityce