Ígéretek és tények – a pedagógusbérekről és azok hatásáról
Promises and Facts – A Study on Teachers’ Salaries and Their Impact

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines how domestic teacher salaries and their state support have evolved over the past decade, including international comparisons. The paper then analyses the impact of wages on the demand for teaching careers, the number of applicants and entry scores. Finally, the paper looks at the characteristics of the EU grant project envisaged as a source of teacher pay increases, the size of the resource and the potential pay increase it could generate, and the specificities of such a pay increase. In conclusion, the paper concludes that the lobbying capacity of teachers is weak and that, as a consequence, teacher pay and teacher pay settlements are well deferred and far from being a top government priority due to short-term political considerations. However, in the long term, the prestige and esteem of teachers is crucial for the quality of education.

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