In her remarks during the presentation of the draft law “On the 2024 Budget” in the Parliamentary Committee for Education and Mass Media, Manastirliu emphasized that “this is the highest budget allocation ever for education, which supports the policy of increasing salaries for teachers, investments in educational and digital infrastructure in schools, expands funding for higher education programs, internationalization and scientific research programs, and ensures student support. The 2024 budget will support sports by investing in sports disciplines in schools, sports promotion programs and elite sports.”

The salary increase fund for teachers for 2024 is estimated at 4 billion ALL, projecting the budget of MoES in the amount of 56 billion 223 million ALL, or 9 billion 49 million ALL more than the initial budget of 2023.

Minister Manastirliu underlined that with the 2024 budget there will be a significant increase in salaries for 30,000 teachers, adding that dedicated support for assistant teachers, psycho-social workers and school security officers will continue.

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