The second step of a permanent pay rise for teachers will be implemented in the coming days, bringing the average teacher’s salary to 80% of the graduate average, reads a press release by the Hungarian representation in the European Commission.
Between 2024 and 2030, the European Union will provide EUR 1.8 billion – HUF 735 billion at current exchange rates – to support the pay rise. In the first years, the pay rise will be mostly financed by the EU.
The aim of the permanent pay rise is to make the teaching profession more attractive and thus improve the quality and accessibility of education. With the pay rise in January this year, the average teacher’s salary will reach 80% of the average graduate salary, a level that the government will maintain until at least December 31, 2030, in line with its agreement with the European Union, they write.
Since 2017, the European Commission’s country reports and, since 2019, the EU Council’s country-specific recommendations have repeatedly highlighted the growing problem of teacher shortages, and that one of the reasons for this is the low salary.
Average teacher salary has been around 60% of the average graduate salary in Hungary, compared to the EU average of 90%. An attractive teaching profession is essential for a high quality education system, and this can only be achieved with adequate salaries, the press release stresses.
Although public services, including education, are the responsibility of the Member States, the EU can provide support for improvements in the quality or accessibility of education. Unusually for Hungary, the EU has included improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession as part of this scope, in view of the needs identified in its country-specific recommendation. This is how EU support to help achieve this goal became possible.
In 2022, Hungary and the European Union agreed on the minimum conditions for a permanent pay rise to make the teaching profession more attractive, and set them out in two documents: the Recovery and Resilience Plan (HET) and the Operational Program for Human Resources Development Plus (EFOP+). Meaningful social dialogue with teachers’ unions is also necessary to improve the quality of education; accordingly, this element is also part of the agreement between Hungary and the European Union, the release writes.
Related article
State Secretary: Thousands of Teachers’ Salaries Above HUF 1 Million
Bence Rétvári highlighted that it is important that teachers are respected both humanly and financially.Continue reading
A legjobb élmény biztosítása érdekében olyan technológiákat használunk, mint a cookie-k az eszközadatok tárolására és/vagy eléréséhez. Ha beleegyezik ezekbe a technológiákba, akkor olyan adatokat dolgozhatunk fel ezen az oldalon, mint a böngészési viselkedés vagy az egyedi azonosítók. A hozzájárulás elmulasztása vagy visszavonása bizonyos funkciókat és funkciókat hátrányosan érinthet.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
