According the head of the Polish Teachers' Union (ZNP) Sławomir Broniarz, the prime minister doesn't care about ending the conflict and belittles the whole situation. He also said that PM Morawiecki is "escaping forward" by proposing the round table talks to be held after the Easter. Despite that, the ZNP chief declared readiness to partake in the talks.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday in the state-controlled public television that, right after Easter, he would like to call a nationwide debate on the education system in the form of a round table discussion. He added that he would like the debate to involve unionists, teachers, educators and parents.
The head of the Polish Teachers Union Sławomir Broniarz said on Wednesday that the head of the government's speech only "added fuel to fire".
"If the prime minister thought that he had eased the community in any way, he should know that he achieved the opposite. The idea of round table talks is indeed very important but only in more peaceful times, when there's space to think everything through without time pressure or high emotions," he said.
"The prime minister proposed a round table and we will take part, but we still think that this date is an absolute "escape forward", which belittles the whole problem and proves that the Polish PM doesn't care about ending the conflict. We regret that it had to happen and it's a shame that 600,000 protesting teachers didn't get any crucial feedback from the prime minister," Broniarz said.
In three schools in Poland middle-schools exams in history and social knowledge did not take place because of the strike. In one of these schools also Polish language exam did not happen. There were problems with completing the members of the exam commissions. School directors and boards of education blame each other for the situation.
Over 350,000 middle school students began their final exams in humanities. First part of the test was history and society knowledge.
"I want to thank the teachers, educators, school directors, voivodes, boards of education members and all the others that helped the young people all over Poland to take their exams," said deputy PM Beata Szydło on Wednesday.
She added that was hopeful that the other upcoming exams would also go as planned. Wednesday was the third day of the teachers' strike. Despite the industrial action, middle-school final exams were carried out in the vast majority of schools.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English