Primary school teacher's career comes to a halt at age 35
The salary in education is 'structurally lower' compared to employees in the private sector with a comparable education. Up to the age of 35, the starting salary is reasonably okay, but after that the teaching career comes to a halt.
The report 'What a teacher in primary education earns' makes it clear in one fell swoop how the salaries are doing. Lousy. On average, this is a difference of 14 percent, but those averages actually say little.
The SEO of the University of Amsterdam - which carries out this kind of wage survey for the entire government sector - also looked at differences by age, gender and education level. The results show that male full-timers in primary education aged 35 and over are paid 35 percent less; for female full-timers in the age category 50-30 this is XNUMX percent. The differences are smaller for part-time workers, because working part-time in the private sector provides poorer career opportunities.
Over a longer period of time, consistent investments must be made in improving employment conditions, in high-quality training, in the further professionalization of teachers…
Falling status
Shortly before the summer, the consequence of this became visible in the declining status of teachers.
That of primary school teacher has also been declining over the past ten years, the research shows Status and image of the teacher in the 21st century of the Research Center for Education and the Labor Market (ROA) of Maastricht University. In that status ladder, the surgeon is firmly at number 1 and the garbage man at the bottom. The primary school teacher moves from place 42 to 69.
The upper secondary school teacher also hit hard from 22 to 43. According to the ROA, a series of measures is needed to improve the status. 'Consistent investments must be made over a longer period of time in the improvement of employment conditions, in high-quality training courses, in the further professionalization of teachers ...'
This is certainly necessary, because if status and image increase, the researchers expect 'that this will contribute to the quality of education'.
