Minister vows to alleviate teachers' workload without imposing wage reductions
In Moscow, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov addressed concerns surrounding teachers' salaries and workload during a briefing. He reported that the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor are collaborating to increase teachers' salaries, form a new pay system, and decrease their workload without affecting their income.
Kravtsov explained that an order from the Ministry of Education, issued on February 11, 2025, has regulated student workload, which might influence teachers' working hours. Additionally, the Ministry has been working with Rosobrnadzor to reduce bureaucratic workload, allowing teachers to spend more time with students without focusing on unnecessary reporting.
The Minister further mentioned that requirements have been approved in 2025 to minimize bureaucratic workload for kindergarten teachers and college instructors. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, in April 2024, had directed a reduction in administrative workload for teachers to be implemented by the start of the new academic year.
Since 2024, the Russian government's approach to addressing issues regarding teachers' salaries and workload has predominantly been shaped by broader reforms and fiscal constraints rather than direct, substantive improvements in working conditions. Teachers' salaries have stagnated due to insufficient government funding, leading to job cuts and increased workloads for remaining staff. Meanwhile, the rise of bureaucratization and administrative overload has strained faculty's already heavy workloads, and reforms have contributed to the precarization of a significant portion of the academic workforce [1].
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- The collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor, as mentioned by Minister Kravtsov, is part of a larger policy-and-legislation effort aimed at education-and-self-development, focusing on increasing teachers' salaries and decreasing their workload.
- In alignment with the general-news report, the Russian government has been implementing reforms since 2024 to address concerns surrounding teachers' salaries and workload, with a focus on reducing bureaucracy and administrative overload.
- The Israeli Journal of Education and Policy Research, in an article published in 2025, discussed the learning implications of the Russian government's approach to teachers' salaries and workload, highlighting the potential for reforms to positively impact the quality of education and self-development for students.
