During the opening of the meeting of new mayors and mayors, Paulo Ziulkoski criticized the increase in teaching wages
The president of (National Confederation of Municipalities), Paulo Ziulkoski, criticized the amount disbursed by the municipalities for the teachers’ salary floor. During the opening of the meeting of new mayors and mayors, this 3rd (11.FEV.2025), in Brasilia, the lawyer asked for dialogue on the subject.
“The mayors know the impact of the teaching floor; 29% of municipal employees are teachers. The total expense of the server leaf in Brazil is R $ 450 billion, being R $ 130 billion spent only on teaching “he said.
According to him, the investment in the salaries of teaching professionals adds to other education spending, such as day care centers. “Valuing teaching is critical, but where does the money go from to pay? In addition, we added the issue of day care centers, which was a decision of the Supreme. How will we do to ensure education? ”questioned.
Lula defends readjustment
During the event, the president (PT) answered the questions raised by Ziulkoski. The petista stated that the class of teaching needs more appreciation and incentive policies for new young people to choose from the profession.
“In this country, the Professor, who was a source of verse and poetry, today is treated badly. They take care of our children all day. Therefore, we created the teacher scholarship, to ensure that Enem students choose to be teachers, because today no one else wants, since it is a profession that works hard, receives little and those who pay think they pays a lot, ”said Lula.
Teachers’ salary readjustment
The teachers’ salary readjustment is foreseen in the , 2008, also known as Law in Teaching. The text determines that there is the annual salary increase of teachers in January.
The Minister of Education, signed on January 30 the Ordinance 77, which defines the salary increase of the teachers’ floor in 2025. With the readjustment, the base salary of professionals of the basic education network became R $ 4,867.77.
Change represents a 6.27% increase In the previous salary, which was R $ 4,580, and benefits professionals who work on the 40 -hour journey per week.
