Ministry of Education and ADP are talking; wage raise could be 10%

[Dolores]

The Ministry of Education and the president of the Dominican Association of Public School Teachers (ADP) reached a consensus during ther talks on Wednesday, 8 May 2024.

The Ministry of Education is willing to raise wages to 10%, up from 8% first offered, to reach an agreement with the public school teachers’ union.

Former president of the ADP, Enrique de Leon, and the National Ombudsman Pablo Ulloa mediated for the agreement with the current president of the ADP, Eduardo Hidalgo.

After the meeting on Wednesday, Ulloa said another meeting would be held this week. He expects more meetings to follow once the presidential and congressional elections are over on 19 May 2024.“We have a schedule with all the points we are talking about and it will not only cover this space but vacations among other things,” he said.

Among the points that to be worked on are the...

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[LindseyKaufman]

Not good.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

60k pesos to work 3 days/week, 7 months of the year. No need to show measurable results either!

 

[LindseyKaufman]

You are right. This week in Jamao it was three days of school for kids.

 

[Drperson]

You are right. This week in Jamao it was three days of school for kids.

same here.noeducation during covid or after either

 

[LindseyKaufman]

I had a meeting today with the director of one of the small schools in the Jamao district. She said she had no classes the entire week.

 

[Drperson]

I had a meeting today with the director of one of the small schools in the Jamao district. She said she had no classes the entire week.

do they still get paid if no classes? if they didnt there would be classes

 

[bob saunders]

do they still get paid if no classes? if they didnt there would be classes

Of course they get paid. They did have classes in Jarabacoa Wednesday thru Friday with only a half day Thursday (rain) and Monday they were off, again rain was the excuse. To be honest there was quite a bit of flooding in the outlying areas. One of our clients lost their house due to fire, and three others were flooded out, losing all their clothing, bedding...etc. Because every class in our school is connected thru WhatsApp by midweek we had a huge collection of clothing, bedding, beds...etc all donated by other parents.
We stay open regardless of weather unless the government makes us shutdown, then we kind of slow walk it. Many parents, especially those with 3-4 year olds use the school as a cheaper form of babysitting. Not all families have reliable childcare.

 

[Lucifer]

At the risk of placing emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble, I'd be inclined to command one of those high compensatory salaries by helping to instruct teachers in the Verón-Bávaro-PC area next school year.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

At the risk of placing emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble, I'd be inclined to command one of those high compensatory salaries by helping to instruct teachers in the Verón-Bávaro-PC area next school year.

syl-la-ble, never sy-lla, regardless of where you like your emphasis

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

do they still get paid if no classes? if they didnt there would be classes

The people that help write the labor code, manipulating the labor code so that it is illegal not to pay those days. I don’t know about Christmas and Easter break.

 

[Lucifer]

syl-la-ble, never sy-lla, regardless of where you like your emphasis

I stand corrected, sir. Thank you.