The active committee of contract teachers in formal basic education indicated that “after the invitation made by the caretaker minister of education, Abbas al-Halabi, to the educational cadres to return to education on the morning of Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the active committee returned to its delegates in the regions and governorates, and the vote came after 48 hours of the questionnaire, with a rate of 89% with the continuation of the strike and only 11% with the return. The recommendations of the delegates from all governorates came to stress the continuation of the strike, and to link the return of the contractors with their various designations subject to the payment of their rights and according to their priority to them, and not according to what is rumored of demands that do not fall into In the interests of the contracting parties, accordingly, the active committee announces the continuation of the strike until the professors’ rights are paid.”
And she explained in a statement, that the rights are “monthly incentives of $130 for brushes, paying dues monthly, and calculating an exchange rate for teachers to preserve, even partially, the value of the hourly wage. In addition to $390 for the first semester, because it is an acquired right and on the basis of which they taught the teachers the first semester, as he paid Complete Contract No. 235 after the main contractors were unfair when it was implemented only for the secondary contractors.
And she added, “The full contract for this year is to preserve the rights of teachers to their hours instead of wasting them, by reducing curricula and teaching weeks. Last year’s transfer allowance is a foregone conclusion. The right is a transfer allowance for this year with retroactive effect from the beginning of the year. Otherwise, what will be the benefit of approving it later?” In addition, the incentives for 3 thousand professors were paid for the last year, and the administrators, their assistants, and school funds were collected for the first semester.
The committee affirmed, “The monthly receipt and incentives in dollars (brushes) are at the top of the demands and are the priority, because they ensure that teachers can get what they support each month instead of waiting for months to obtain dues that lose their purchasing value and are seized in banks under the pretext of the withdrawal ceiling.”
