| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2009 
Teachers Won't Get Wage Increase
 Rocνo Zayas - The News
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October 23, 2009
| | Deputy Secretary of Middle and Upper Level Education, Miguel Szekely Pardo (Notimex) | |
A 20 percent salary increase demanded by teachers from vocational high schools is not possible due to the economic situation facing the country and, moreover, would put at risk several educational programs, said the Deputy Secretary of Middle and Upper Level Education, Miguel Szekely Pardo.
After inaugurating the Conference on Improving Practices in the Implementation of "Construye T", a program implemented by the Secretariat of Public Education, or SEP, that is striving to create a Mexico without violence, Szekely Pardo said the restrictions on economic growth have put the breaks on any pay raises this year because the resources "just aren't there."
"Simply increasing resources allotted to high schools, college or any other middle or upper level educational institution would force the state to reduce the number of scholarships granted, lower the amount and quality of teacher training, leaving less to invest in infrastructure and could even jeopardize the state's ability to finance daily school operations," he said.
He explained that the fund containing 112 million pesos originally allotted to salary equalization among public school teachers, which was granted by the Chamber of Deputies, now will not be used for salary increases, because other areas in education were deemed to be more in need of said monies.
Szekely Pardo reported that the Secretariat of Public Education has its doors wide open and is very willing to hold dialogs in hopes that the strikes being held on 20 high school campuses would be lifted as soon as possible. It is very important that the 120,000 students being affected by these strikes do not continue to have their education disrupted, he said.
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