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Bulgarian teachers demand higher wages, ready for protests

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More than 56% of Bulgarian teachers are ready to take national strike action, 17% are ready to go on a warning strike. According to 10% of teachers, the school year should not finish if there is no increase in their salaries, indicate data of a national survey conducted by Syndicate “Education” with Podkrepa Confederation of Labor. 

Nearly 70% of the respondents expect a 30% increase in teachers' salaries after the adoption of the 2023 state budget. 25% of the polled agree to a 20% increase. Most of them demand that the salaries increase retroactively- from January 1, 2023. In the first quarter of 2023, the average gross salary in Bulgaria’s education sector is EUR 940, the National Statistical Institute said. 




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