Teachers are absent from classes to demand a salary adjustment for retired and retired teachers

Jesse Chaplain

Santo Domingo.- the public teachers On Friday they were absent from classes to protest with the Dominican Teachers Association in front of the Ministry of Education. In demand for salary increases for retired and retired teachersin order to improve the quality of education, among other claims.

The demonstrators arrived at the place after nine in the morning, where they demanded, amidst slogans, drums and banners, the Ministry of Education to increase the salaries of retired and retired teachers, to hire teaching and administrative staff in schools and to terminate service. who are they.

Retired teachers mentioned the difficulties they face each month to survive on the salary they receive They deplored the lack of support from the authorities, pointing out that they were not rewarded in the same way they served the country in the classroom.

This demonstration comes after the Teachers Syndicate rejected the Minister of Education’s proposal after it considered it exclusive, stressing that it would only reach 66 percent of retirees.

During the demonstration, MINERD put on their Twitter account that with today’s teaching pause for this focus, as well as last Friday “1.500 million reais were thrown into the trash, enough to repair 700 educational centers”.

The tweet also adds that “ADP is hurting the nation’s most vulnerable!”

During the demonstration, the Head of the Teachers Syndicate renewed his willingness to sit at the dialogue table with the authorities and civil society to reach systematic solutions.