Overview
- The union set a nationwide, 24-hour stoppage for Thursday with marches in Lima and regions, expecting participation from active, retired and senior teachers.
- Sutep’s central demand is full compliance with the constitutional requirement to allocate 6% of GDP to education, citing school infrastructure needs and widespread child anemia and malnutrition.
- The platform includes approval by insistence of a law to raise retired teachers’ pensions, payment of a S/487 bonus, the second S/200 salary tranche due in November and school allowances for 2025 appointees.
- For 2026, Sutep seeks to lift teacher pay to 1 UIT with 0.85 UIT for auxiliaries, issue a S/600 exceptional bonus and assign at least S/1.5 billion to fund the 30% preparation-of-classes benefit, along with repealing Laws 32123 and 32242.
- Union leader Lucio Castro says financing alternatives were presented that would not burden the treasury, while no government or congressional concessions have been reported and the Education Ministry has not announced a blanket suspension of classes.