Headmasters, contract signed: average increases of 500 euro

Green light at Aran to the National Collective Bargaining Agreement (Ccnl) for the Education and Research Management Area for the three-year period 2022-2024, which concerns 7,550 school managers, starting with headmasters, and 360 managers of universities and research bodies. Average increases of €500 for head teachers and €503 for universities and research institutes are expected. Arrears up to approximately EUR 6,000.

With this signing all the renewals of the past contractual round come to an end, a result achieved through constant confrontation and constructive dialogue with the trade unions. The Ccnl was signed by all representative trade union organisations.

The contract recognises significant increases for managerial staff in the area. For school managers, also thanks to the additional resources specifically earmarked by the budget law for 2022, average increases of €500 per month for 13 months, equal to 8.48%, are envisaged. For managers of universities and research institutions, the average increase is 503 euros per month for 13 monthly payments, or 6%. The contract also recognises arrears as of 1 January 2024: about EUR 5,800 on average for school managers and about EUR 6,000 on average for managers of universities and research bodies.

The Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, is satisfied: 'With today's signature, we continue our concrete commitment to the enhancement of those who lead our schools,' said the MIM holder. We wanted to speed up the pace to ensure immediate economic responses and restore centrality to the role of school leadership. Our work does not stop here: the season of contractual blocks is definitively over. We confirm as of now our willingness to initiate as soon as possible the Policy Act and the negotiations for the three-year period 2025-2027, thus ensuring full contractual continuity for all the staff of the national education system'.