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The teachers' remuneration system must be put in place as soon as possible and the short-term goals must also be taken into account, said the chairman of the Kaspars ģirens commission (LVP LV) on Wednesday during the meeting of the Saeima commission on public expenditure and audit.
"It is unacceptable that the work needed to improve it is planned over several years, and we also need short-term goals that we can propose to improve the situation," Girgins said.
The members of the Commission met with representatives of the State Audit Office, the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) and the Union of Teachers and Teachers. Latvia Science, to review the results of audits conducted by the State Audit Office on teacher compensation systems.
The results of the audit conducted in 32 schools in Latvia and the Ministry of Education and Science show that the system of remuneration of teachers must be simplified, made more understandable and transparent, explained the representatives from the state audit office. It was concluded that none of the schools had fully complied with the rules on teacher remuneration, while the teachers' pay and salary were determined at the discretion of the school management. . The problems are also found in the school system, consisting of bonuses, cash prizes and bonuses. In addition, it is concluded that 70.8% of teachers pay new salaries only when the new school year has started.
Based on the results of the audit, the State Audit asked the Ministry of the Sector to evaluate the possibility of setting the standard of 40 hours per week instead of the previous 30 hours and to provide other changes to reduce the administrative burden of determining working time and wages. Teachers should be informed in advance of the amount of expected salaries, as well as additional supervision of the use of national reserved grants.
In turn, municipalities are urged to adapt pay regulations in schools and to promote respect for teachers' rights, for example by taking appropriate overtime.
Representatives from the Ministry of Education and Science to the Commission explained that various changes to the teacher compensation system were being implemented on a regular basis and that this work would continue in the future, but problems created, for example, aspects such as the different workload of teachers.
However, members of the commission pointed out that some of the issues raised during the audit had been settled at the beginning of the next school year and asked the State Audit Office to set realistic but shorter deadlines for resolving outstanding issues.
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