Private school teachers sound their opinions on tax increase

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Education, Culture and Sciences L.Enkh-Amgalan MP received at his office on Tuesday the leaders of the Mongolian Senior Professors’ Association and the Association of Private Middle and Primary Schools. More than eight thousand teachers are working in the 130 privately owned primary and secondary schools, the guests said and added that the pending decision by the parliament on increasing the percentage of the social insurance payables is burdening the financial situation of the private schools. They also suggested that the Law on Babysitting Service should immediately take effect for its urgent demand in the society. The professors and teachers is asking the parliament not to cut the cash benefits for the senior and retired teachers, mentioning that the teachers, retired before 1996, are living in difficult situations.