Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced Wednesday August 26 that an exceptional allowance of 450 euros would be paid to school principals by the end of the year, during his back-to-school press conference .
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" School principals, we must help and support them, " said the minister. “ This requires a reduction in administrative tasks but also greater financial recognition, ” he said. They will thus benefit from an “ exceptional indemnity of 450 euros by the end of the year ”.
This bonus had been decided in early July but its amount was not known. New measures must also be taken at the start of the school year to lighten the task of directors, put to the test during the coronavirus crisis and regularly confronted with a complicated daily life.
Jean-Michel Blanquer also insisted on Wednesday on the importance of raising the salaries of teachers. " With the approval of the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic, we have prepared a budget for 2021 which will allow us to devote 400 million euros on average for next year to improving the remuneration of teachers ", he announced.
Last year, the Minister announced his intention to devote 500 million euros to these upgrades for 2021. " Throughout the week, I receive trade unions to listen to them on these issues, " he said. indicated Wednesday.
