Teachers’ salaries and pension for vulnerable will increase, says Gov't
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Life will soon become easier for Georgia’s socially vulnerable pensioners after the Government announced their benefits would increase from the beginning of next year. Teachers’ salaries were also set to rise, the authorities said today.
From September 1, 2015, pension benefits for Georgia’s socially vulnerable population will increase up to 25 GEL.
After today’s Governmental meeting Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said the extra amount each pensioner would receive would be determined on their level of vulnerability.
He noted the Health Ministry’s budget had increased by 25 million GEL and a portion of this would be spent on increasing pensions next year.
Khaduri said the state pension would increase for all citizens from 2016. Until then only the country’s most vulnerable would enjoy more financial support.
Poverty remained one of the major concerns in Georgia, according to an assessment by the United Nations Development Program in Georgia. Despite a number of social programs implemented by the Government in recent years, a significant part of the population still lived below the poverty line.
This new initiative aimed to tackle this issue.
On another note, today Minister Khaduri also said teachers’ basic salary would increase by 50 GEL, while highly qualified teachers would get an additional 200 GEL each month, starting from September 2015.
The Minister noted next year’s state budget had been increased by 170 million GEL in comparison to the first draft version of the document.
The Defence Ministry, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs were allocated an additional 15 million GEL each in next year’s budget.
Georgia’s Government has approved the initial draft of the state budget for next year, setting revenues at almost 7.93 billion GEL and expenditures at 7.89 billion GEL.
The Georgian Government is teaming up with the capital city’s leading gas provider to make the cold winter months easier for thousands of the city’s most vulnerable families.
The basic state pension is set to rise by 10 GEL in September next year for hundreds of thousands of Georgia’s oldest residents, lifting it from 150 GEL to 160 Gel.
Today Georgia’s Prime Minister, the Minister of Education and teachers from different schools gathered to celebrate World Teacher’s Day.
The Government of Georgia believes next year’s budget has a clear "social orientation” that focuses on the social needs of citizens.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikahsvili stated today that Georgia was in need of systemic changes in the education system and named the three directions which should be urgently addressed in the field.
The Government of Georgia plans to launch a new type of pension system known as the accumulated pension program starting from the next year.
The winner of National Teacher’s prize 2017, Vladimer Aphkhazava, is among the 50 best teachers up for the Global Teacher’s Prize.
Several major changes came into play on January 1, 2019. One of the changes is the accumulated pension system – the new programme is mandatory for legally employed people under 40, meaning they will be enrolled automatically. For those above the age of 40, the programme is voluntary, as it is for self-employed citizens.