Mongolian teachers to stage strike next week

Mongolian teachers will stage a strike from Monday next week to press the government to raise their salaries, the Trade Union for Education and Science said Friday.Teachers from some 89 secondary schools and 100 kindergartens of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, will participate in the strike, also supported by provincial educational organizations.The teachers asked school children's parents and guardians to keep their children at home and ensure their health and security amid the strike, saying that without improvement of teachers' conditions, the country's educational system cannot be improved as well.The teachers have demanded an implementation of an agreement for 2010-2011 on labor and social talks. But they considered that the state budget approved by the State Great Khural (parliament) did not meet their demand for salary raise, so they sent an official letter to the government on the planned strike.The Trade Union said they will not stop their strike until their demand is met.