PM promises to raise teachers’ salaries

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov promised to increase teachers’ salaries.

He also stressed that the government is working to raise the prestige of the teachers’ work.

"Among the main issues on the agenda, first and foremost is increasing the teachers’ salaries. For example, the average salary of a teacher of category one since 2009 has grown by 1.200 UAH (almost 1.7 times). At the end of 2012 it will be almost 3 thousand UAH, and by the end of next - 3.5 thousand," Prime Minister said during the Cabinet of Ministers meeting, ForUm correspondent reports.