While the parents who teach their children in private schools try to make their voices heard about the exorbitant hikes in ancillary services, the teachers are trying to make their voices heard about the low salaries and the denial of their rights. Arzu Başer, Member of the Executive Board of the Private Sector Teachers' Union, pointed out that some private schools continue to employ teachers with minimum wages or less and with overwork.
“THE TEACHERS CARE ABOUT LIVING”
Noting that the ceiling raise amount determined for private schools and the fees of some private schools exceed 1,000 Turkish Liras (TL), Başer underlined that this increase applied by the private school bosses to the education fees did not reflect the teachers, “We see that while the private school fees are increased by 65 percent, the teachers are increased by around 10 percent. In private schools, 80 percent of teachers work at or below the minimum wage. Someone who is busy with the trouble of living every day, cannot to be useful to our children. It's not just low wages. Apart from that, they are employed without security, with busy working hours, flexible working and fixed-term contracts. The bosses' greed for profit, the lack of supervision of the ministry paves the way for the teacher's working conditions to be left completely at the mercy of the market,” Başer said.