{"id":204324,"date":"2019-08-16T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=204324"},"modified":"2019-08-16T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:23","slug":"salary-increase-alleviates-teacher-deficit-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/salary-increase-alleviates-teacher-deficit-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Salary increase alleviates teacher deficit in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The salary increase applied since July to public sector workers in Cuba has encouraged the return of more than 8,000 teachers to the classrooms next school year, partially reducing the island\u2019s chronic deficit of educators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new additions will allow the Cuban State to cover 95% of the national demand for teachers, a coverage that is 3% higher than last year, according to data from the Ministry of Education. Minister of Education Ena Elsa Vel\u00e1zquez this Thursday announced the preparations for the new 2019\/20 school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next September 2, about 10,700 educational institutions in Cuba will open for the new school year, in which there will be more than 1.7 million students in the classrooms, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubadebate.cu\/noticias\/2019\/08\/15\/tras-el-aumento-salarial-mas-de-ocho-mil-maestros-en-el-pais-retornaran-a-las-aulas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the minister affirmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the state media, without specifying the total number of teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great deal of the reinstated teachers are retired professionals who, in addition to continuing to receive their pensions, will receive the new payment system, whereby the minimum monthly salaries will increase from 225 Cuban pesos (equivalent to about 9.3 dollars) to 400 (16.6 dollars).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DbiCfRG1wW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/salary-increase-and-distributive-tensions\/\">Salary increase and distributive tensions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Salary increase and distributive tensions&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/salary-increase-and-distributive-tensions\/embed\/#?secret=4mnaiX2Nwa#?secret=DbiCfRG1wW\" data-secret=\"DbiCfRG1wW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/consejo-de-ministros-aprueba-nuevas-medidas-economicas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">salary increase<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, decreed by the government last June and effective since July, increases the average income of public sector workers from 767 Cuban pesos (about 30.6 dollars) to 1,067 pesos (44.4 dollars) and the maximum salaries will increase up to 3,000 pesos (about 125 dollars).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to Cuba\u2019s economic inefficiency, the shortage of products and other endemic problems, the island considers universal and free access to education and health as two of the main achievements of the Revolution that triumphed in 1959, although economic problems have also had an impact on these sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, the education sector has faced serious obstacles such as a deficit of teachers, decreasing class quality and deteriorating infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low wages and lack of benefits have so far been among the main reasons for the exodus of state employees to the island\u2019s emerging private sector, where freelancers and employees generally receive higher pay and in convertible currency in sectors mainly dedicated to tourism and hospitality.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The salary increase applied since July to public sector workers in Cuba has encouraged the return of more than 8,000 teachers to the classrooms next school year, partially reducing the island\u2019s chronic deficit of educators. 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