This Wednesday, teachers submitted a petition to Parliament asking MPs to interfere with the new diploma, which allows them to change schools for health reasons, as they believe that this could endanger the lives of citizens.
Last summer, the Ministry of Education approved a new teacher mobility regime due to sickness, the new rules of which drew sharp criticism from teachers, as they came to prevent countless teachers from falling ill or having sick family members. opportunity to change schools.
The new Diploma, which has been in a pilot phase for two years, has come to define areas of geographic coverage, such as teachers cannot be asked to transfer to a school that is less than 20 km in a straight line from their school. .
In addition to this case, the applicants also argue that “it does not matter that, given the geography of the country, 50 km in a straight line means an average trip of 100 km (200 km round trip)”.
“The solution proposed by the government is not a specific condition for improving the health of any teacher, especially if he suffers from multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, is on hemodialysis, is recovering from chemotherapy or radiation therapy, is treating a child with a profound disability, a father / mother with Alzheimer’s disease, etc. “, says the diploma.
The new regime also stipulates that schools must determine their enrollment capacity as well as the specific areas in which they need to strengthen teachers.
The signatories question the legitimacy of this model, as two teachers with exactly the same condition can be treated differently if only one tries to transfer to a school with vacancies and the other tries to transfer to another school with no vacancies.
The petition argues that this new model could endanger “the lives of citizens” in addition to “threatening their physical and mental integrity.”
“Our request for intervention is based on our conviction that Decree-Law No. 41/2022 suffers from various types of illegal actions, dishonest and malicious performance of public functions, leading to real damage to the citizens of the country,” the text of the decree reads. petition.
The applicants believe that the diploma represents “an undeniable deliberate and deliberate act” on the part of the government and the Ministry of Education, “the consequence of which is a possible risk to the life of citizens of the country and / or an attack on their physical and mental integrity. “.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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