ArmInfo. Despite the 8.8 billion drams increase in allocations in the sphere of education and science, a salary increase is not planned for the system workers.
This was stated by. Minister of Education and Science Araik Harutyunyan on November 5 at a joint meeting of parliamentary commissions on financial and budgetary issues and on issues of education, science and culture. Nevertheless, it is possible that some teachers will get lucky and in 2019 their wages will be slightly higher than the current mark.
In particular, according to Harutyunyan, it is possible that some teachers will be paid a salary as a result of the expected reduction in the income tax rate. As far as this reform can positively affect the salary of workers in the sphere, since, as envisioned by the financial authorities of Armenia, the changes will affect those with a salary above 150 thousand drams, acting. Minister found it difficult to say. "I'm having difficulty answering this question because I'm not an economist. But, according to our specialists, there will still be some wage increases," he said.
It is also planned that some will be affected by the increase as a result of the consolidation rate. That is, if today several people share the same rate and in the end none of them receive the desired salary, according to the results of optimization, the situation for one of them will be changed for the better. "We realize that as a result of this policy there will be reductions, but we will not go for it until we have an idea about where we will direct them, perhaps by retraining them in accordance with the needs of the labor market," he explained. . the minister
In addition, in order to increase the salaries of teachers, in 2019, the promotion of teachers undergoing refresher courses will continue. 860 million drams will be allocated for this, and teachers will be able to receive an increase in salary up to 50%.
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