Pupovci against break of learning: No other means of meeting the right demands of teachers

Professor Dukagjin Pupovci, at the same time director of the Centre for Education in Kosovo and education expert, has given his assessment of the strike expected to be launched by education workers at the pre-university level tomorrow. The United Kosovo Education and Science Union(SBASHK) has announced today that the strike could last for several months, until the demands of pre-university education workers are met, and that it has to do with their pay deficit.

Pupovci in a statement to Periscope has said that the revolt of education workers is reasonable, as wage cofficiators are not correctly defined.

So a primary or middle education teacher is compared to a nurse while having a salary for 1/3 less than a doctor or an initial assistant at universities. It is seen that the lack of sectors such as health and higher education has had an impact on the definition of cofficiators, while pre-university education workers have remained in a poor position”, he told Periscope. However, according to Pupovci, the situation is being dramatized unnecessarily, especially with the warning of a several - month strike.

The first “, this Bill has not yet been reviewed in the Assembly, so there is room for discussion about the cofficients, especially since there is a consensus in the opinion on the requirements of teachers. The second, the bill is expected to have serious financial implications for Kosovo's budget, not only because of education, so I do not believe the Assembly will rush to approve”, Pupovci said.

The third reason, according to him, is the fact that education workers have not taken all legal means for meeting their demands to get on strike and teaching boycotts.

The third “, I don't think it's worth the education workers to be left unpaid for several months, while students lose several months of learning, before all other means are exhausted for reaching a deal. After all, we have a place that hardly works, and it can easily happen that this Law is postponed with empty promises, making cosmetic changes in its text, but not approval. Therefore, under current conditions it is sufficient to reach a principle agreement not to proceed with approval of the Law without an agreement being reached about cofficients, then form working groups that will also be represented by the SBASK, which will work on eliminating Porjekttt” anomalies, has praised Pupovci in a statement about Periscope.

The strike starts tomorrow, until it is known how long it will last. Disgusting about the differences in the cofficiency in wages, according to the new Law on Salaries has also come from medical workers, the administration of courts, as well as Trepca. /Periscopi