Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:48:49 +0200Teachers strike, schools close in protest at “below average” wageshttps://english.radio.cz/teachers-strike-schools-close-protest-below-average-wages-8601442© 2026 Radio Prague International A crowd of some 2,000 teachers and other education employees held a noisy demonstration near the Education Ministry on Tuesday morning, on a day when more than half of the country’s schools closed their doors in a nationwide strike. Czech teachers are angry at what they say are insufficient pay rises in the planned 2008 education budget, pointing out that the average wage in the education sector has now fallen below the national average. Tuesday saw the appointment of a new Education Minister, Ondrej Liska, who appeared in front of the crowd and promised to take their concerns seriously. We spoke to one of the teachers attending the demonstration. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/liska_ondrej_16.jpg?timestamp=1591388480 Teachers strike, schools close in protest at “below average” wages https://english.radio.cz/teachers-strike-schools-close-protest-below-average-wages-8601442 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9