{"id":120330,"date":"2024-12-31T12:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120330\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"authorities-to-increase-teachers-salaries-in-run-up-to-january-presidential-poll","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120330\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities to increase teachers&#8217; salaries in run-up to January presidential poll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uchitel_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(freepik.es)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 31, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The education ministry will increase salaries of secondary school teachers by 39 percent starting January 1 to \u201craise the prestige of the teaching profession,\u201d its press office reports less than a month before the presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers are among the lowest-paid professionals in Belarus with a nominal pay of 1,593 rubels before taxes (some $460), according to recent official statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also announced a 15-percent increase in salaries for university professors and instructors as well as bonuses for research and teaching activities for education staff with academic degrees, ranging from 35 to 55 percent of their salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the contested 2020 presidential election as well as in the past, numerous violations were recorded at polling stations set up at schools, making Belarusians suspect teachers of involvement in falsifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on 2020 postelection protests, reprisals targeted science and education, among other fields. Students, teachers and scientists have often been expelled, imprisoned or forced in exile, while Russification and indoctrination practices picked up pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months. The current campaign is taking place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: \u041f\u043e\u0437\u0456\u0440\u043a\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bel_Vybory_Archv_POZ_1128-7967.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">CEC: \u0141uka\u0161enka earned $60,000 last year<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 25, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka topped the list of the five recently registered presidential candidates as the highest-paid one in 2023, the central election commission has said, citing their tax returns. The Belarusian ruler reportedly earned 203,600 rubels (some $59,500) &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/119711\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 31, Pozirk. The education ministry will increase salaries of secondary school teachers by 39 percent starting January 1 to \u201craise the prestige of the teaching profession,\u201d its press office reports less than a month before the presidential election. 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