Mahmoud Al-Sharaan - Amman
The pace of events in the Jordanian capital Amman accelerated with the hours of Thursday morning, after the Teachers' Union announced a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister on the fourth circle, to demand a premium for the profession.
The government security plan prevented the sit-in from taking place.The teachers were surprised to close all roads leading to the sit-in.While the security services arrested a number of teachers, without counting their numbers as they were going to participate in the sit-in, according to the teachers union.
For his part, Deputy Teachers' Association Nasser Al-Nawasra announced an open strike in the Kingdom's public schools next Sunday after dealing with the rough security of the protesting teachers and the release of tear gas, and demanded the immediate release of the detained teachers.
The roots of the story
The story began five years ago with an agreement between the Jordanian government and teachers to approve the 50% professional allowance, but the bonus has not been granted so far, prompting the Bar Council to take upward decisions.
The union confirmed in a statement received by Al Jazeera Net a copy of it "It did not and will not close its doors to any party wishing to dialogue, but knocked on the doors of dialogue with the government through correspondence and direct and indirect talks, but it was met with procrastination and procrastination, and overturned what was agreed upon several years ago." .
The union added that it did not touch any seriousness by the government during the dialogue with it, but there was incitement and mobilization of public opinion against teachers through official platforms, and intransigence of opinion and circumvent the demands of teachers and ignore the reality of the congestion, and the suffering endures.
The government will not tolerate
For its part, the Jordanian government stressed in a press release its commitment to dialogue, and its keenness to interact with the demands of the Teachers' Union, taking into account the national interest, and not to damage the right of students to education.
She explained in a statement that the government held many meetings and meetings with the Council of the Bar to reach solutions on the demands put forward, and resulted in the consensus on the adoption of the system of practicing educational professions, which allows bonuses up to 250% in conjunction with the quality of performance, has been approved by the former Bar Association, confirming Its commitment to the application of this system, which is a binding legal document.
The statement stressed the government's keenness to improve the reality of the educational environment for students and teachers alike, but in return will not tolerate the application of the provisions of the law in the event of prejudice and damage to the educational process or services and public facilities.
With the teacher
The Jordanian street reacted to the issue of teachers, as activists launched social media platforms marking # with_teacher to assert the eligibility of teachers' demand for a premium.
Activists demanded that the Jordanian government resolve the crisis before it develops negatively, rejecting the methods of violence and intimidation taken by security towards the protesters.
According to observers, the announcement of the teachers' union strike on Sunday heralds the beginning of a new crisis with the Jordanian government if it does not reach understandings on the file of the allowance.