Amman: Jordanian teachers on Tuesday have staged a protest and demonstration in front of the office of the prime minister in the capital Amman to demand better pay and full annual bonuses.
According to reports, thousands of public school teachers gathered outside the prime ministry office. The strike entered its ninth consecutive day.
Demonstrators were holding a banner reading, “We are not demanding chaos. We want our rights.”
About 1.4 million Jordanian public school children have been staying at home since the beginning of the strike earlier in February.
The government used to grant a 100-percent increase in the annual bonus of the public school teachers in Jordan. However, the Kingdom decided in 2012 to give the teachers a 70-percent raise and pay the rest of the bonuses in installments over the coming three years.
However, Jordanian Education Minister Eid Dhayyat said the government could not afford a 100-percent increase in the annual bonus in 2012 due to “the current difficult economic situation” in the country.
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