Twice as bad as in Albania: how a Ukrainian teacher lives
School teachers in Ukraine are paid twice as much as in Albania, three times as much as in Bulgaria, four times as much as in the Czech Republic, five times as much as in Belgium, six times as much as in the Netherlands, seven times as much as in Switzerland, and eight times as much as in Luxembourg, based on purchasing power parity ?
The graph ( source ) shows the annual salary of a primary school teacher in different European countries. This is a salary calculated on the basis of purchasing power parity, i.e., taking into account the cost of living. That is, the figures on the graph are already comparable. So, where do teachers live better, earning more, and where do they live worse, earning less, taking into account the cost of living??
The best teachers live in Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The worst – in Albania, Slovakia and Serbia.
And what about us, in Ukraine? The salary of a beginning teacher is about 2000 euros per year, which is about 6000 euros in purchasing power parity, which is half as much as in Albania.
That is, teachers in Ukraine live twice as badly as their colleagues in Albania! Why, if they work much better, because according to the PISA test results, Ukrainian schoolchildren have a score of 441 in math, 428 in reading, and 450 in science?
And what did the students from Albania show? 368 in math, 358 in reading, and 352 in science. The performance of Ukrainian children is much better, so why then do Ukrainian teachers receive half the salary in terms of purchasing power parity than teachers in Albania?
This is a paradox, an obvious social injustice that has been ignored by the state for many years.
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