MPs approve legislation setting teacher’s salaries at 1.4 times the average wage

The lower house of Parliament approved an amendment to the Education Act on Friday, which sets the minimum average teacher’s salary in Czechia in 2024 at 1.4 times the average gross monthly wage from the previous year.

According to the Czech Statistical Office, the average gross monthly earnings of teachers last year were CZK 46,843, which is 115 percent of the average national wage. Despite increases in recent years, educators’ salaries in Czechia are still are among the lowest in all developed countries.

The draft, which will now be discussed by the parliamentary education committee, is also intended to allow professionals with university degrees to teach for up to three years in secondary and high schools without teaching qualifications.