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NCRI –\u00a0A tasty rumor for teachers was released just before the start of the new Persian year (March 2017), according to which a $150-$220 increase in their salaries was awaiting them.<\/p>\n
Regarding the $150-$220 increase in teacher salaries, Mansour Mojaveri, Director-General of Planning and Budget in regime\u2019s Ministry of Education, had said January this year \u201cthe establishment of teachers payment system is included in one of the provisions of the sixth development program, which should be formulated and applied after the program is communicated\u201d, according to Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Fars news agency.<\/p>\n
Now the question is, why a salary increase which may only be possible after the sixth development program is communicated, suddenly finds its way to the media on the eve of regime\u2019s presidential elections? Alireza Salimi, spokesman for parliament\u2019s Education and Research Committee, responds to this question in an interview with Fars news agency.
\u201cWe see a lot of election activities going on by the government, all of which funded by public money, from distribution of Justice Shares to increasing pensioner payments and rumors on higher teacher pay. Resolving people\u2019s economic problems is a fortunate event, but why didn\u2019t it happen a few months earlier and was postponed till election time?\u201d said Salimi.<\/p>\n
According to the news agency, increasing teacher salaries and resolving their economic problems, which is one of their biggest concerns, is definitely a fortunate event, but was it not possible to take such steps a few months before the elections?<\/p>\n
Moreover, considering the Education budget submitted by the government to parliament, is such an increase in teacher salaries possible?<\/p>\n
In response to the question whether it\u2019s possible to increase teacher salaries by $150-$220 considering the 2017 budget, Abdolreza Mesri, member of parliament\u2019s Planning and Budget Committee told Revolutionary Guards\u2019 news agency \u201cconsidering the 2017 education budget, this amount of increase in teacher salaries will not be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
It seems that on the eve of presidential elections, regime\u2019s rival bands are addressing economic problems or the teachers and workers related issues, not for resolving them or improving living conditions of teachers or workers, but for their own political objectives and coming to power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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