The Sudanese Teachers Committee Welcomes Cabinet Decisions

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The Sudanese Teachers Committee welcomed the Cabinets decisions regarding several issues affecting teachers. These decisions included implementing Cabinet and Civil Service Bureau directives, scheduling the payment of outstanding salaries, grants, and allowances until the end of the 2026 fiscal year, exempting the children of public education employees from examination fees, and centralizing teachers salaries starting in January 2027.

The Committee emphasized that these rights were a direct result of the teachers steadfastness and adherence to their legitimate demands, particularly the strikes they waged in defense of their rights and the future of education. These strikes were accompanied by a growing awareness of educational issues and the need for reform.

The Committee stated that it had consistently raised these demands clearly, including the payment of outstanding salaries, centralizing teachers salaries, relieving families of the burdens and costs of the educational process, and addressing the shortcomings that have undermined the principle of free education.

The Committee hopes that these directives will be implemented effectively and that these decisions will become a tangible reality for teachers in their daily lives.

It emphasized that education reform requires broader decisions, including centralizing education spending and not leaving the funding of the educational process to the states and local authorities. She also stressed the need to increase education spending to 20% of the national budget to ensure the stability of public education and prevent the burden of its costs on families.

It further emphasized that several outstanding demands remain, most importantly adjusting salaries and raising the minimum wage from 12,000 Sudanese pounds to 313,000 Sudanese pounds to reflect the cost of living and preserve the dignity of education workers.

The committee reiterated its rejection of imposing unions that do not represent teachers and affirmed the teachers right to freely choose their unions without any external interference. Union representation is an inherent right of teachers, and they alone have the right to determine their representatives.

The committee called for continued awareness and adherence to their rights to achieve the remaining demands and build a public education system worthy of Sudan and its people.