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Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Lilia Hrynevych has said that salaries for teachers will be increased by another 25 percent in 2019.

“Next year, we again plan to raise the teachers’ salaries by 25 percent,” the minister said on Channel 5 on January 11.

She recalled that salaries for teachers were increased by 50 percent in 2017, and from 2018 – by another 25 percent.

As reported, on January 11, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine increased the official salaries of teachers by 1 rank, which, according to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, implies an increase in wages by 25 percent, or an average of Hr 1,500.