State that best pays teachers in Brazil, MS has the biggest salary difference between temporary and public servants
Only 30% of teachers who work in the 348 state schools are competitive. Mato Grosso do Sul is the sixth Brazilian state with the lowest percentage of employees in the State Education Network, according to a survey published by the Todos pela Educação portal this Thursday (25).
The study carried out in Brazilian state networks also points out that in the last ten years, the State has lost 10% of its number of public servants, while the number of temporary hires has increased by 13% to meet the demand of schools.
Rio de Janeiro is the state with the highest percentage of public servants – 96%. Pará. Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia and Amazonas also have more than 90% staff.
The president of Fetems (Federation of Education Workers of Mato Grosso do Sul), Jaime Teixeira, states that the network currently has 10 thousand teachers recruited and 7 thousand permanent teachers. For him, the research shows a reality that is “very bad”. “For us it wasn’t a surprise because we follow it. This data is from 2023. There was a small improvement, because since last year, 1,050 new public servants have been hired. Either way, it’s bad, very bad for Education.”
The teacher and trade unionist explains that the impact is in the classrooms. “This harms the quality of teaching in public schools, not because of the temporary, but because they are not competitive, they do not undertake all the ongoing training, they do not create a bond with the school community”, he exemplifies.
The State Secretary of Education, Helio Daher, explains that this is a reality in Brazil and makes considerations in the same direction as Teixeira. “We have to be careful with the impression that research like this causes. It cannot be seen as a criticism of the teacher’s ability, it has nothing to do with competence. However, the temporary staff rotates and the permanent staff stays at the school longer, creating a bond with that group. This certainly has repercussions.”
“The study also discusses the potential impacts that temporary bonds may have on Brazilian Education. Three aspects can explain the possible negative impacts of temporary teachers on student results: the high teacher turnover – which can harm the bond with the school community and the effective development of students – the selection processes used by education networks, which in their Most do not use good selection stages and the working conditions of teachers – which may be worse than those of permanent teachers”, also informs Todos pela Educação in the survey.
Substitutes – The head of the SED (State Department of Education) also explains that another piece of information not shown in the research is that many temporary employees are hired to replace public servants, as is his case, a Geography teacher, who currently holds the position of secretary. “There are at least two teachers hired to hold my classes.”
Daher explains that there are not necessarily vacancies. “I have 700 permanent teachers who are directors, 1,100 as pedagogical coordinators, 150 teachers on class mandate, more than 800 readaptation for health reasons. Many of those called up replace permanent teachers who are on secondment in other roles.”
Contest – The secretary states that the SED’s intention is to extend the last competition held and it expires in July. The department is still working on a type of census to detect the remaining number of so-called pure vacancies – where there is actually a lack of teachers – for the launch of a new competition in the future.
Salary discrepancy – In Mato Grosso do Sul, according to the research, there is the biggest salary difference between civil servants and temporary employees. Teachers hired by the network receive R$25.60 per hour worked, while permanent teachers have a salary calculated based on around R$52.40 per hour – R$26.80 more.
Today, permanent teachers in the State Education Network receive R$11,935.46 in salary for working 40 hours a week. According to the state administration, it is the highest salary for an education teacher in Brazil.
Teixeira states that, however, lower payments to temporary workers devalue teaching. “What is paid to those called up here is what the staff in other states earn, but that does not mean that having the majority called up does not devalue the profession.”
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