“To relativize the school’s problems won’t help”
“Slutreplik from the Union of municipalities of the working environment in the school.”
“This is an opinion piece. It is the writer who stands for the views that are put forward in the text, not Against.”
“SLUTREPLIK. Agneta Jöhnk from Sweden’s Municipalities and County councils, SKL, do not see the fact that more teachers are choosing to quit at their own request, as a warning sign. But to risk the 45-day waiting period in the unemployment fund, it is the few who do just because they have ”the desire to do other things in life”. “
“In its zeal to appear to be attractive, it is perhaps easy for employers to relativize the teacher work problems and absenteeism. Well, there are groups in the Swedish labour market with an even higher level of sick leave. But it would be a bit rich on the SALAR, took it to the revenue to ignore the fact that teachers and preschool teachers is high. “
“The compilation of sickness absence in the Swedish labour market as social Insurance, presented last spring shows that the staff in the nursery runs a 63 percent higher risk to become sick than the average in the labour market. The equivalent for the primary school is 24 percent. “
“But it’s not the worst. When we look to the diagnosis of mental diseases, where stress-related diagnoses are included, the risk of it working in the pre-school 81 per cent higher than for the rest of the labour market. For primary schools, the corresponding figure is 48 per cent and for secondary schools, 22 per cent. The social insurance derives the reasons for the likely work problems. “
“the Same picture emerges in the Swedish work environment Authority statistics for the year 2017. Was the third employee in the education sector is reported to have a high degree of mentally exhausting work. The same applies in health and social care, while in other sectors the ”just” is a little more than one fifth or fewer. “
“Agneta Jöhnk are absolutely right that employers and trade unions, together, have taken important steps to improve the situation, including through the collective bargaining agreement was signed in the fall. But it is not enough. “
“It is necessary to also developed the control system for the school and a clearer division of responsibilities between the school’s operators, the state, the principals and the profession, and more of partigemensamma agreements. We would welcome a work with a greater focus on a school that is the best for the pupils ‘ development. But to relativize the challenges is not having the right focus. “
“Politicians at national and local level have the ultimate responsibility to ensure that the right conditions are in place so that we teachers and school leaders to fully be able to take our professional liability. Therefore, the parties ‘ common advocacy is essential, so that the state gives municipalities the conditions to give priority to the school prior to other commitments. “
“In the figures stands the education sector when it comes to how many who consider that the requirements exceed the knowledge and skills. This imbalance between requirements and skills is a sign that the development of skills deficiencies. “
“This is a golden opportunity for SALAR to joint with us in the lärarfacken push to persuade the government to take responsibility for a so-called professionsprogram. Such action from the us together would be an important step forward. “
“nJohanna Jaara Åstrand, president of the Swedish teachers ‘Union”
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