Khartoum, December 11(Darfur24) The Sudanese Teachers Committee decided to continue the strike that it started in late November, and to increase the pace of escalation to force the government to respond to the teachers’ demands contained in the memorandum presented by the committee.
The Supreme Committee for the strike held a meeting – yesterday, Saturday – in which it decided to continue the strike until the end of this December, with a schedule that extends for 3 weeks, in order to enable the teachers to reconcile their conditions.
The Sudanese teachers started a general strike on November 28, under the name of the “strike of pride,” in protest of the Ministry of Finance’s neglect and refusal to respond to a memorandum they submitted to the ministry regarding improving wages.
According to Al-Tagheer newspaper, the strike committee received, in its meeting yesterday, a detailed report on the progress of the strike in the localities of Khartoum and other states.
While the committee denounced the authority’s disregard of the teachers’ demands and its disregard for their strike, which she said confirms its lack of interest in teacher issues and education concerns.
According to the escalation schedule announced by the committee, the strike will continue today, Sunday, with teachers returning to work tomorrow, Monday, to continue the strike again on Tuesday.
According to the schedule announced by the committee, schools will be closed for 5 days during the last two weeks of December. The Teachers’ Committee submitted a memorandum of 8 demands, the most prominent of which was the immediate commitment to pay the clothing allowance and the cash alternative, in addition to the immediate commitment to paying the “January-February-March” salary differences and raising the minimum wage to 69 thousand pounds.
The memorandum also called for the full and immediate implementation of Cabinet Resolutions 363 of 2021 and 380 of 2022 to implement the unified wage structure, in addition to adjusting fixed-value bonuses in line with the current economic situation.