NGO warns that more than half of teachers are poor

The Human Rights Observatory of the University of Los Andes stated this Saturday that more than half of the teachers are below the poverty line. He recognized the fight of this union for fair salaries and decent working conditions on World Teachers’ Day.

“Teachers in Venezuela face great obstacles to practicing their profession. Ridiculous salaries, lack of social security and precarious conditions in educational infrastructures limit their capacity,” said the organization through X.

The organization stated that, despite this, “they continue with a key task: training future generations.” He urged the Venezuelan State to respond to their demands and guarantee the right to education.

Last Monday, Nicolas Maduro promised a package of aid to the public sector teacherswhom he called to rejoin the classrooms, from which thousands of teachers have deserted in recent years due to low salaries and working conditions.

Nevertheless, The Executive has not explained whether this aid plan includes an increase in teachers’ salaries, which has been the central reason for the protests that this union has carried out in the last eight years.

According to union estimates, thousands of teachers left the country due to the economic crisis.

The Center for Documentation and Social Analysis of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers calculated that the average salary of a teacher per month is about 21 dollars at the official exchange rate, which it considers insufficient to cover the cost of the basic food basket, calculated in August by the organization at $107.8 per person.