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Beninese teachers threaten to paralyze schools' reopening

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Members of Benin's National Federation of Education Unions (FESEN) have threatened to paralyze school reopening in October if the government does not satisfy their demands, union officials said Tuesday.

FESEN's deputy secretary general Rodolphe Segnanka said the demands include, among others, extending to teachers a 25 percent salary increase that was given to other state officials, reclassification of teachers on contract and employment of teachers working as casuals.

He said the resolution of different challenges facing Benin's education sector will not be done without a "fight."

"There will be no academic year if the problems facing teachers and administrators in the education sector have not been resolved," he said.

Benin's new academic year, 2015-2016, is expected to start on Oct. 5 across the entire national territory. Endit