Tag: Inflation
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Hungary: Thousands Of People Protest In Support Of Teachers’ Demands For Increased Pay
In support of Hungary’s educators, who are struggling with low pay and bad working conditions, around 8,000 people demonstrated their solidarity with them in Budapest.
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Czech Republic: Teacher Unions Are Demanding A Pay Raise Of 15% By The Year 2023
Frantisek Dobsik, the head of the school workers’ trade union, said yesterday that the demand is a reaction to growing costs, the drop in real earnings, and the economic development prognosis. The demand is for the government to spend 15 percent more on the salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff in the next year, he…
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Africa: Girls Are Dropping Out Of School In Massive Numbers Because Of The High Cost Of Sanitary Pads
Pad prices in Ghana have more than doubled in the last year, from 5 cedi to 12 cedi ($1.43) due to the country’s high inflation rate of 32%, which has made it difficult for low-income households to afford both food and sanitary supplies.
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Analysis Shows That Teacher Salary Has Been Stagnant Since The 1990s
As reported by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), in 2021, public school teachers earned an average of $1,348 per week, a little rise from the average weekly income of $1,319 in 1996.
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United Kingdom: Schools Are Considering Implementing A Three-Day School Week Due To Rising Energy Costs And Stagnant Budgets
Due to soaring energy costs and staff pay that are outpacing school budgets, several principals are contemplating cutting the school week down to three days.
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United Kingdom: Some Schools Have Turned To Homegrown Sourced Food Because Of Rising Food Prices
Some schools in the UK are resorting to new strategies in order to continue providing students with nutritional meals despite the recent surge in prices.
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Due To The Loss Of Federal Waivers, Several School Districts Will Raise Food Prices
Due to the fact that the federal waivers will expire at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 school year, families will be required to submit an application in order to be eligible for free or reduced-cost breakfast and lunch for their children at school. This is happening at the same time that other school districts are…
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Sri Lanka: China Donates 10,000 Metric Tons Of Rice For School Lunch Program
In order to maintain the school lunch program, China supplied 10,000 metric tons of rice, according to the Ministry of Education.
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Back-To-School Expenditures Are Estimated To Reach $864 Per Household
When it comes to back-to-school shopping, new data from the National Retail Federation reveals that families are being impacted by inflation.
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Panama: Teachers Spearhead Protests Over Rising Living Costs
Fuel costs had risen to almost $6 per gallon at one time.