After retreats, education. President Emmanuel Macron visited the Hérault on April 20 to speak about the condition of teachers. “We must better recognize and better pay our teachers,” he assured during his visit to the Louise Michel college in Ganges. For this, the Head of State announced an increase of between “100 and 230 euros net” per month. All “without doing an extra hour”, he insisted.
This salary increase will occur at all career levels. Teachers “in the middle, or three quarters” of their career will also be affected, said Emmanuel Macron. The increase will be effective from the start of the next school year. Thus, teachers will earn in September 2023 on average 10% more than in 2020, according to the Ministry of National Education.
An additional increase for members of the “pact”
In addition to this salary increase, Emmanuel Macron highlighted the “teacher pact” to which teachers can choose to join or not. Under negotiation since the fall of 2022, this consists of offering additional remuneration to those who accept additional assignments.
This concerns the missions of referent, short-term replacement, guidance support, participation in the “Homework done” system… “We are betting that a third of the teachers will adhere to the ‘pact'”, estimated Emanuel Macron. The latter will see their salary increase “up to 500 euros more per month”, he said.
This revaluation will be added to the increase of 100 to 230 euros per month already planned by the government. Faced with this announcement, the teachers’ unions are skeptical: they accuse the “pact” of encouraging overwork and being disconnected from the reality on the ground. In March, the organizations FSU, Unsa Education, SGEN-CFDT, Snalc and Sud Education left the negotiating table, following in the footsteps of FO and CGT. “Teachers don’t want to work more,” Guislaine David, general secretary of Snuipp-FSU, the first primary union, told AFP. “The hours they currently spend at work are already exploding!”