Teachers unions have warned that the proposed teacher remuneration scheme will result in a pay cut for 55% of teachers. In the proposed ‘money follows the student’ system, teacher remuneration would be made dependent on the number of students in the classroom. The Trade Union of Education and Science Employees calculated the change would mean a de facto pay cut for 370 out of 651 general education teachers.
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