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The politician identified that the finances yr is presently half manner by way of, so it’s not potential to speak about any modifications if academics needed to work with out further monetary advantages. Finance Minister Arvils Asheradens (JV) has additionally confirmed that this yr the Ministry of Training and Tradition can not depend on further funding so as to stability the workload of pedagogues in a brand new manner.
Čakša believes that LIZDA’s supply wouldn’t remedy the overload of academics. “The union’s supply doesn’t cut back overload, however creates new vacancies. [Mēs] we conditionally pay further, however the load doesn’t lower. (..) If there’s a well-paid workload, the stability is organized naturally,” the politician reasoned.
That is opposed by the commerce union. LIZDA interprets Chaksha’s refusal to speculate funding in a “disordered system” as a “very harsh rebuke” for the inappropriately spent funding that the federal government granted final yr. The chairman of LIZDA, Inga Vanaga, claimed that college principals and founders “have actually labored lots” to maneuver within the route of load balancing.
To be able to proceed load balancing from September, LIZDA has invited the mandatory funding to be taken from the reserved funding for the upkeep of vocational schooling establishments.
Vanaga believes that the refusal to stability the workload from September is a adverse message for the household of educators, because the Ministry of Training and Tradition is withdrawing from the implementation of the strike settlement.
The Ministry of Training and Tradition and LIZDA continued negotiations on balancing the workload of pedagogues on Wednesday. The Minister of Finance and representatives from the Latvian Affiliation of Native Governments (LPS) and schooling boards additionally took half within the dialogue. “This provides a distinct dynamic to the negotiations, as a result of the employer and the worker lastly meet,” Čakša assessed.
The Ministry of Training and Tradition and LIZDA have nonetheless not reached a typical imaginative and prescient, together with what it means to stability the instructor’s workload. The 2-day negotiations resulted solely in abandoning the concept of setting the utmost variety of hours for one instructor. On Wednesday afternoon, Hawk expressed his dedication to the media to “sit [IZM] and proceed to insist on options”.
The brand new rules of load balancing will likely be promoted together with the brand new financing mannequin “Program within the faculty”. Which means the brand new financing mannequin will likely be applied in all municipalities concurrently from September 2025, confirmed Čakša.
Within the new week, on Might 27, the LPS Training and Tradition Committee may also take a look at the plans of the Ministry of Training and Tradition.
On Wednesday, the members of the Training, Tradition and Science Fee of the Saeima had been additionally within the progress within the negotiations between the Ministry of the Inside and LIZDA. On the assembly of the fee, the Ministry of Inside offered the preliminary model of the plan. Subsequently, the MPs referred to as on the ministry to re-present the rules of load balancing after the general public session and coordination is concluded on the finish of the month.
Balancing the workload of academics was one of many calls for of the LIZDA strike. The load balancing mannequin needed to be agreed on in Might of final yr, however the commerce union and the Ministry of Training and Tradition nonetheless have completely different visions on easy methods to implement it.
From September 1, 2025, the Ministry of Training and Tradition gives all educators to modify to a uniform regular working time – a 40-hour work week. The Ministry additionally proposes to find out a brand new methodology for the composition of the workload of pedagogues in astronomical lessons, which embrace educating hours or lessons. Particularly, educating time and time for performing different duties specified by the pinnacle of the academic establishment within the instructor’s job description.
However, the pedagogue’s workload in astronomical hours and its distribution could be deliberate by the pinnacle of the academic establishment in cooperation with the pedagogue, based mostly on the academic establishment’s process for the distribution of pedagogues’ workloads agreed with the founder, figuring out work duties through the yr.
The academics’ union is worried that the Ministry of Training’s supply might cut back the worth of working hours, much like what occurred in 2016 and 2023.
However, the Minister of Training and Science Anda Čakša (JV) is satisfied that with the supply to stability the workload of pedagogues, it’s transferring in the direction of the truth that pedagogues will likely be paid for each working hour, no matter what workload they’re employed for and what workload they’re assigned. In line with her, the Ministry of Training’s supply for educators to modify to a 40-hour workload from September 1, 2025 is identical as provided elsewhere on the earth, calculating astronomical hours.
“Lecturers have the historic feeling that we do not pay for all of the hours, so I wish to guarantee that we’re transferring in the direction of making certain that academics are paid for each hour within the subsequent yr, no matter what workload they’re assigned to and what workload they’re assigned,” he emphasised politician.
She additionally added that the proposed answer gives for larger belief at school principals and the municipality, selling their autonomy. LIZDA has expressed concern about this, however Chakša identified that you will need to give pointers to principals and municipalities, during which manner the workload of pedagogues might be structured, in order that there is no such thing as a scenario the place academics are overworked.
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