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The estimated additional funding needed to increase the salaries of general education school teachers to 120 percent of the average wage is â¬295 million, Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna (Reform) said. Kersna responded to an inquiry made by the Social Democratic Party (SDE) group in the Riigikogu about the average salaries of teachers by saying that reaching the goal of increasing salaries to 120 percent of the average wage would cost â¬45.1 million in 2023, â¬96.1 million in 2024 and â¬153.6 million in 2025, totaling â¬295 million. The increase in teachers labor costs has been confirmed in the government s state budget strategy for 2022. â¬12 million has been allocated for the action, which would ensure a 3 percent increase to the minimum wage level. ....