More than 2,800 teachers from Guinea-Bissau, whose hiring had been suspended, were reinstated and will now receive their October salary, the Guinean Ministry of Finance announced in a statement on Monday.
Last September, the Government ordered the suspension of the payment of salaries to new teachers for the 2021/2022 school year, for a total of 2,849. After investigating certain irregular hiring, the Government decided to grant the Ministry of Education a maximum limit of 15,000 permanent teachers, which allowed the reincorporation of that group of new teachers,” the statement said.
The Ministry of Finance explains that in the last six months, as part of the public sector reform agreed with the International Monetary Fund and other partners, it has launched a series of actions to correct and strictly control the wage mass in the Public Administration.
“The Ministry of Finance informs that this group of new teachers will begin to enjoy their salaries starting this month with retroactive execution of the seven months in arrears and that they will be paid in each current remuneration,” he refers.
In the statement, the Ministry of Finance indicates that “The payments of two months of the seven arrears to that group of teachers are in progress”add.
The Government of Guinea-Bissau announced in September the suspension of contracts for new entrants in the health and education sector.
Last week, the Social Front, which brings together the two health sector unions and the two education unions, demonstrated in front of the Government Palace, in Bissau, against the controversial suspension of new admissions, the increase in the cost of life. millionaire subsidies from the rulers and abuse of power.
Speaking to journalists, Yoyo João Correia, president of the National Union of Nurses, Health Technicians of Guinea-Bissau, said he hopes to reach an agreement with the Government before the planned strike in the sectors between 10 and 14 October.
Source: Observadora
