Teachers and assistants who work for the State are waiting for payment of the bonus of 220 soles, an economic incentive that they achieved after arduous negotiations with the Government because, as is well known, these professionals have always had problems due to the low salary they receive even though they have the important task of educating the children and adolescents of our country. The subsidy is about to be paid and in this Depor note we tell you the details.
Date of payment of the bonus of 220 soles to teachers and assistants
The agreement signed in July between the Ministry of Education (Minedu) and the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Peru (Sutep) stipulated that the payment of bonus of 220 soles for teachers and assistants it had to be carried out in the month of September 2023; However, this was not fulfilled.
Recently the Ministry of Education (Minedu) has announced that the expected bonus will be delivered to 437,616 teachers and education assistants in the month of November, although they have not specified the exact date.
Why have you delayed the payment of the 220 soles bonus to teachers and assistants?
So far the authorities have not explained why there has been a delay in payment of the bonus of 220 soles to teachers and assistants. However, this delay would be due to the bureaucracy that exists in the State and all the procedures that must be carried out before the disbursement of the money is authorized.
Who will receive the 220 soles bonus?
He bonus of 220 soles It is specifically intended for:
- Education teachers, appointed and contracted, from basic education institutions.
- The teachers of the educational institutions managed by the Ministry of Defense.
Requirements to receive the 220 soles bonus
The beneficiaries of this exceptional bonus must have an employment relationship at June 30, 2023 and be registered in the Computer Application for the Centralized Registry of Payrolls and Data of Human Resources of the Public Sector (Airhsp) on the date of publication of this standard.
It is considered effective work if the beneficiary personnel is in use of their vacation rest or paid leave as of June 30, 2023. Likewise, it is specified that teachers and educational assistants receive the extraordinary bonus in a single public entity.
How to request the 220 soles bonus?
The benefit of bonus of 220 soles It is intended for more than half a million teachers and assistants who work for the educational sector. At the moment, the authorities have not specified what method will be used to pay the appointed and hired teachers and assistants who benefit from the subsidy.
The Ministry of Education, which reiterated its willingness to work together with the teachers’ union so that school classes continue to run normally throughout the national territory, will be in charge of publicly informing the mechanism for making deposits.
Why will the 220 soles bonus be paid to teachers and assistants?
Teachers and educational assistants, appointed and hired, from basic education institutions, as well as teachers from schools managed by the Ministry of Defense will receive a extraordinary bonus of 220 soles after the signing of a 2023-2024 collective bargaining agreement between the Ministry of Education (Minedu) and the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Peru (Sutep).
This is stated in article 20 of Law No. 31912, which authorizes, exceptionally and for the only time, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior and the regional governments, during Fiscal Year 2023, the granting of a extraordinary bonus of 220 soles for teachers and educational assistants appointed and hired from the Educational Institutions of basic and productive technical education that work in the education executing units of Metropolitan Lima and the regional governments.
What other bonus will be given to teachers and assistants?
There is another subsidy that the Ministry of Education must manage with the Ministry of Economy and Finance. This is the exceptional bonus of 380 soles, which must be delivered during the first quarter of 2024.