Anatolie Topală: Young teachers will receive government support in first 5 years of career

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7 March 2023
06:20

Young education specialists will receive government support in the first five years of their careers, announced Minister of Education and Research Anatolie Topală.

This essentially means that young teachers will get a bonus of 40,000 lei each year for five years, instead of three years today, until they can earn a higher salary based on experience.

“Everybody knows that some careers such as educational sciences are not popular among young people. Although the state allocates more than 1000 jobs in educational sciences every year, not all of them are demanded by young people. That is why we need to encourage young people to embrace jobs in educational sciences. You know that, currently, in the first three years a young education specialist benefits from an annual allowance of 40,000 lei and a full salary in 0.75 full-time equivalent position. For those who work in rural areas there is utility relief as well. We now want to introduce an amendment so that this support for young specialists is extended for a period of five years. This longer period of support will enable them to focus on their didactic work and on acquiring a higher rank so that they can earn a higher salary upon the expiry of these five years”, Anatolie Topală said during a TVR Moldova talk show.

The minister also says that the higher education reform, started last year through the merger of several universities, will contribute to improved quality of education.

“In higher education it is important to ensure the training of specialists in correlation with the needs and requirements of the labor market. We started an extensive reform process, investing money in universities. At present, projects worth over 14 million euros are being implemented, universities are changing their curricula, adapting their courses to the needs of the labor market, concluding partnerships with the business community. This year we will announce another competition with a 10 million euro budget, and the money will be invested to open new specialties, to make the studies as relevant as possible for employment”, the Minister of Education said.

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The designated Prime Minister, Vasile Tofan, will request the Parliament’s vote of confidence for the cabinet of ministers and the government program today. The plenary session in which the deputies will examine the request is scheduled for 11:00 AM, reports IPN.

In accordance with the legislation, the Parliament gives the vote of confidence to the Government with the vote of the majority of elected deputies. Based on the vote of confidence granted by the Parliament, the President of the Republic of Moldova appoints the Government.

In the Government proposed by the designated Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, ten ministers from the current executive will be found, and four portfolios will go to new members of the cabinet. At the same time, the deputy prime ministers for reintegration and for European integration, Valeriu Chiveri and Cristina Gherasimov, will retain their positions.

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Anatolie Topală: Young teachers will receive government support in first 5 years of career

IPN.md

7 March 2023
06:20

Young education specialists will receive government support in the first five years of their careers, announced Minister of Education and Research Anatolie Topală.

This essentially means that young teachers will get a bonus of 40,000 lei each year for five years, instead of three years today, until they can earn a higher salary based on experience.

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The European Union has fined the online marketplace AliExpress 550 million euros for a serious violation of the Digital Services Act. The decision was made because the platform did not take sufficient measures to prevent the sale of unsafe and counterfeit products, according to IPN.

The fine is the latest development in the formal proceedings launched in 2024 regarding a possible violation of the EU Digital Services Act. The European Commission stated that AliExpress had failed to implement an effective system for identifying and removing illegal products and had underestimated the resources needed for content moderation.

According to the European Commission, the mechanisms for verifying product compliance could be easily circumvented, with unscrupulous sellers misclassifying products to avoid stricter requirements. European authorities also argue that the platform does not have enough staff to verify suspicious products.

At the same time, the European Commission found that a large number of illegal products, including unsafe toys and hazardous cosmetics, continued to be sold through AliExpress. In some cases, these products remained available on the platform for weeks after being reported. Furthermore, the Commission found that AliExpress had not properly enforced its own penalty policy and had allegedly allowed sellers of illegal products to remain active even after they had been penalized.

AliExpress now has until October 20 to submit an action plan outlining how it will address the issues raised by the European Commission. The Commission will then decide, within two months of receiving the plan, whether additional measures are necessary.

The sanction comes after the EU introduced a three-euro fee in early July for packages valued at up to 150 euros originating from outside the EU. The measure could significantly impact the business models of the Chinese e-commerce platforms AliExpress, Temu, and Shein.

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