{"id":13333,"date":"2022-09-12T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-parents-at-gimle-school-in-bergen-are-worried-about-the-students-during-the-teachers-strike-news-vestland\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:10:27","slug":"the-parents-at-gimle-school-in-bergen-are-worried-about-the-students-during-the-teachers-strike-news-vestland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-parents-at-gimle-school-in-bergen-are-worried-about-the-students-during-the-teachers-strike-news-vestland\/","title":{"rendered":"The parents at Gimle school in Bergen are worried about the students during the teachers’ strike – news Vestland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Parents at Gimle nursery school in Bergen have sounded the alarm. Now 80 percent of the teachers at the school are on strike. The school is among the schools that have been hardest hit during the ongoing teachers’ strike. It was at Gimle that the strike started. There, 40 teachers went on strike already in June. The strike means fewer school hours for the pupils, who were neither given timetables nor teachers’ timetables before the strike started. – It’s stupid for our cohort, and not everyone copes with it equally well. Many people think they are betting on grades in the 10th grade, but you lose that opportunity when large parts of the school year disappear, says Sigurd Furnes Havre (14), who is in his last year of secondary school. Mother: – Stresses me out a lot Havre had German until 6 September, but now these classes are also affected by the strike. The mother tries her best to help. Chromebooks and books are distributed. – It stresses me out a lot. We try to open the book and see what is in it and make an effort. But it is not easy, because we are not educators, says mother Katrine Furnes Havre. The students at Gimle school face closed doors. Photo: Valentina Baisotti \/ news Haven’t been to school for three months At the beginning of September, 36 parents at Gimle School wrote in a column in BT about their concern for the students at the school. Now more than 10 percent of the school year has disappeared for the students. This is what they are arguing about Teachers’ pay: KS has made the teachers pay losers for the sixth year in a row. Teachers have had a weaker pay trend than other employees in municipalities and counties. KS: The figures from the Technical Calculation Committee (TBU) that the Norwegian Confederation of Education uses are not very relevant for looking at salary trends. Figures for the municipal sector show that the various groups of teachers have had 1 per thousand lower wage growth in the last five years than the average. Teacher dropouts: Increasingly poor conditions are one reason why 40,000 people with teacher training no longer work in schools. KS: Of around 33,000 with teacher training who do not work in the school system, around 40 per cent still work in education and school (nursery, higher education, after-school education, adult education centres, community colleges). Lack of qualified teachers The teachers: One in five who teach in the school (primary school and VGO combined), lack an approved teacher training. KS: There is no shortage of teachers in Norway, 96 per cent of primary school teachers meet the competence requirements. The actual turnover is relatively low for teachers, around 8 per cent, compared to around 12 per cent in the municipal sector as a whole. Recruitment The teachers: The number of applicants to the teacher training courses is down for the third year in a row. The reason is, among other things, weak wage growth since 2004 compared to other groups. KS: This year’s result ensures good salary increases for all employees, while at the same time it has a clear recruitment profile. Only 5 per cent of municipalities say in KS’ employer monitor that it is “very challenging” to recruit primary school teachers. There is a shortage of teachers in some municipalities, and a surplus of teachers in others. Teachers with a long education The teachers: Teachers with more than four years of education are paid less than all other professions with the same length of education, in both the public and private sectors. The school is the sector in Norway where higher education gives the worst pay in terms of wages. KS: In this year’s settlement, new teachers with a master’s degree will be guaranteed a starting salary of NOK 563,800. Most have additional functions on top of this, an average of NOK 25,000. Education also pays off in the municipal sector in the long term. (Sources: KS and the Danish Education Association) – You don’t know the effect of home schooling during the pandemic, and then this comes to the top. It’s frustrating and stressful, and it makes me uneasy, says the mother. For the son, it is difficult to maintain routines in everyday life. It is now three months since he last had a school day. The parents hope Gimle can get a dispensation from the strike, and that other schools can take over the burden. – Long days – The days become very long and contain much of the same. It can be very lonely if you have nothing to do in your spare time. I play a lot of football, and that means I have a place to meet other friends and team-mates. But not everyone has something to do in their spare time, he says. On Tuesday, the strike will be stepped up further. A total of 6,500 teachers in the country have gone on strike. – I represent 190,000 people who have chosen to work with children and young people. Now they stand outside and look at closed school doors. It’s not a good situation to be in, says Steffen Handal, head of the Education Association. The teachers at Gimle school have been on strike the longest. They have been on strike since before the summer. Photo: Valentina Baisotti \/ news – Home school without program High school students are also holding their breath. At Amalie Skram upper secondary school in Bergen, third graders interpret teacher plans to keep up. They have put the summer holidays behind them a long time ago. Teachers across the country are on strike. Here from a strike action in Bod\u00f8. Photo: Lars-Bj\u00f8rn Martinsen \/ news – It feels like home school, only that the teachers don’t have a program for us. It is a very big responsibility for students to learn everything on their own, says Henrik Middelfart Hoff (18), student at Amalie Skram Vgs. – In studies, you are at least told what to read, but here we are only told to follow the curriculum. It is very open and difficult to interpret, says Hoff. Henrik Midelfart Hoff and Sofian Myrvoll are in 3rd grade and are worried that the strike will affect their study opportunities in the future Photo: Valentina Baisotti \/ news He and his friend Sofian Myrvoll (18) are worried about their exams. In recent years, students at upper secondary school have not had final exams due to the pandemic. But this year’s third-year class will probably have an exam, which they fear will lower the grade average. The strike is expected to last a long time. – It is unfair if we have to take exams if we have not had school for six months. It will not work, and will affect the grades of many people in the Bergen area, says Hoff. KS: – Make an impression The municipal sector’s organization (KS) and the Education Association are far apart. Recently, the parties have been with the Ombudsman, but the talks have not led to any progress. – It makes an incredibly big impression on us to receive messages about parents and pupils who are affected by strikes. But it is not the case that teachers are taken out on strike by the municipalities. It is the teachers’ organizations that decide this, says Tom Arne Gangs\u00f8, director of working life at KS.
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