The salaries of mid-career teachers in France remain significantly lower than the average for OECD countries, underlines the annual report “
Regards sur l’éducation
” published on Monday.
In France, the salaries of teachers with 15 years of experience and the most widespread qualifications (a Capes) reached for the first cycle of secondary (college) the equivalent of 43,133 dollars in 2021, or 16% less than the average. from the OECD ($51,246), according to the OECD report.
The gap is a little larger in elementary: the annual statutory salary of teachers with 15 years of experience remains equivalent to 40,043 dollars, or 19% less than the OECD average (49,245 dollars), despite an increase by 4% between 2015 and 2019. "
We must make the teaching profession more attractive
", underlined during a press conference the Secretary General of the OECD, Mathias Cormann.
"
France provides answers, and we welcome the minister's announcement to increase the minimum salary of teachers to 2,000 euros per month from next September
".
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Consultations around teachers' salaries are starting this Monday in France with the social partners, and the government has undertaken that no teacher will earn less than 2,000 euros net per month at the start of the 2023 school year.
OECD studies show that France can do better
,” National Education Minister Pap Ndiaye commented at the press conference.
“
We know it and we react
”.
State efforts
Asked about possible increases in remuneration for teachers with more than 15 years of seniority, Pap Ndiaye specified that "
the bulk of the increase
" planned would be "
on the beginnings and middle of career
".
"
The progression of the grid will be discussed from this afternoon (Monday) with the trade unions
," he said.
"
For career purposes, it will above all be a question of facilitating the transition to the hors classe and the exceptional class, so that a slightly larger number of teachers can also benefit from the end of their careers. 'increases
,' he continued.
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According to the OECD, it takes 35 years of experience for teachers in France to go from starting salary to the highest salary, compared to 26 years on average in OECD countries.
Salaries remain below the OECD average at every stage of the career, at all levels of education except kindergarten, the report adds, specifying that the gap is greater with 10 and 15 years of experience than at the start or end of a career.