The new school year begins in Romania on Monday, September 8, but some of the teachers have decided to join a boycott against the austerity measures imposed by the government under the first reform package: more mandatory hours of teaching, lower pay for overtime, a larger maximum number of pupils in a class, and the merger of some schools with few pupils.
Some 30,000 teachers are expected to protest on September 8, on the first day of school, in front of the government headquarters, according to Antena3.ro. They announced that after the demonstration in front of the government, they will march towards the Presidency headquarters.
Although they cannot organise a general strike on the first day of school, the teachers have decided to boycott the new school year. They are not celebrating the start of school; they will only supervise the children.
On Monday morning, Nicuşor Dan stated that he did not want to open the school year as president of Romania because he did not want to defy the demands of teachers, given the existing tension, News.ro reported. He went to school as a parent with his daughter.
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