Overview
- In the second part of USTEC-STES’s study, 84% of public-school teachers report feeling exhausted and more than 70% say the current curriculum is inadequate or disconnected from classroom needs.
- Teachers cite excessive bureaucracy as a prime driver of strain, with 84% calling it too high and 76% saying they lack time to prepare lessons, while 79% point to oversized classes and 88% to insufficient resources for inclusive education.
- More than 10,000 teachers participated in the survey, which follows last year’s first release showing 45% with poor psychological health and 36% considering leaving the profession.
- Pay dissatisfaction reaches 58%, with unions planning a unitary protest on Saturday pressing for salary increases around 25–30% alongside reduced workload and more staff.
- The national government has approved in first reading a draft law that would lower primary class sizes to 22 and secondary to 25, count students with special needs as two places, and set weekly teaching loads at 23 hours in early years and primary and 18 in other stages.