ULAANBAATAR (GoGo Mongolia) - A temporary committee representing 70,000 public school teachers nationwide holds a press conference today to announce the teachers` strike.
"The teachers' strike will be held on Sep 21 and Sep 26 nationwide. We will continue our strike until the Government accepts our demand to increase monthly salary of teachers working in public schools. Teachers working in all public secondary schools, kindergartens, and vocational training centers will attend", ys the head of the temporary committee.
He added that if the Government decides to increase the salary of teachers, we will not go on strike.
Earlier on Aug 30, teachers demonstrated at Sukhbaatar square as well as 21 aimags and delivered a demand to the Government to increase their monthly salary to 650 USD (1.6 million MNT). However, the Government did not meet their demand and did not respond.
Teachers noted that Mongolian teachers are paid a minimum of 200 USD per month. 80-90 percent of the teachers have loans. We are living from loan to loan. Teachers earn their living by working in South Korea during the summer. It is embarrassing to report that Mongolian teachers do manual work in abroad.
ULAANBAATAR (GoGo Mongolia) - A temporary committee representing 70,000 public school teachers nationwide holds a press conference today to announce the teachers` strike.
"The teachers' strike will be held on Sep 21 and Sep 26 nationwide. We will continue our strike until the Government accepts our demand to increase monthly salary of teachers working in public schools. Teachers working in all public secondary schools, kindergartens, and vocational training centers will attend", ys the head of the temporary committee.
He added that if the Government decides to increase the salary of teachers, we will not go on strike.
Earlier on Aug 30, teachers demonstrated at Sukhbaatar square as well as 21 aimags and delivered a demand to the Government to increase their monthly salary to 650 USD (1.6 million MNT). However, the Government did not meet their demand and did not respond.
Teachers noted that Mongolian teachers are paid a minimum of 200 USD per month. 80-90 percent of the teachers have loans. We are living from loan to loan. Teachers earn their living by working in South Korea during the summer. It is embarrassing to report that Mongolian teachers do manual work in abroad.