Parliament: Salaries of Employees in Education Sector to Go Up

Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - The salaries of employees in the education sector will increase, according to amendments to the law on the remuneration of certain employees performing work in the public interest and of teaching and professional staff that were approved by Parliament on Tuesday. Salaries of teaching and professional staff will increase by 7 percent as of September 1 and by another 5 percent as of January 1, 2026. The salary hike in the case of university lecturers and researchers will be 7 percent as of this September and an additional 7 percent as of next January. Salaries of other school employees will go up as well, as a new separate salary scale will apply to non-teaching staff. At the same time, bonuses for teaching and professional staff will be introduced as a method of providing extra rewards to employees depending on their performance and the quality of their work. The Education Ministry, which submitted the amendments, expects the remuneration of staff based on the quality of their performance to improve their levels of motivation and commitment. According to the ministry, the aim of the amendment is to respond to the need to create an attractive and stable working environment for all education-sector employees. It stated that the commitment in the government manifesto to increase the salaries of teachers and professional employees and to improve the remuneration of non-teaching school staff is thereby being fulfilled. ko/df