The Ministry of Education and Universities has proposed allocating nearly five million euros annually until 2028 to pay the 2.9% salary increase owed to teachers in state-subsidized private schools, which was frozen in 2020 and 2021. The plan, presented this Tuesday at the Roundtable on State-Subsidized Private Education, anticipates paying 33% of the outstanding amount during the first half of 2026; another 33% in 2027; and the remaining 34% in 2028. According to the Ministry, the schedule could be brought forward if budget availability allows. In total, the measure would benefit approximately 5,000 teachers, including those already retired. However, the proposal has been met with harsh criticism from unions, who consider it a "disgrace" and a "lack of respect." The STEI union recalls that the previous directorate general, headed by Ismael Alonso, had promised to establish a payment schedule parallel to that of public education, allowing for the repayment of amounts corresponding to the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. "Delaying it until the 2nd, and the subsidized private schools included in the LODE (Organic Law on the Right to Education)," they denounce.

The STEI and USO unions held a demonstration this Tuesday in front of the Balearic Islands Parliament to demand improved working conditions and salaries for teachers in state-subsidized private schools. During the protest, participants demanded the reinstatement of the 2.9% salary increase already granted to public school teachers by court order, to recover what they were not paid in 2020 and 2021 by order of the government at the time. They also demanded equal rights and working conditions with those in the public sector. The demonstrators displayed banners and chanted slogans such as "Where is the 2.9%? Marga Prohens has forgotten us!" and "We are not second-class teachers!" They also shouted slogans like "Vera, listen: state-subsidized private schools aren't going under!" and "Equal pay now! Same obligations, same rights!" demanding an end to the disparities between teachers in state and state-subsidized private schools.

The USO union held a demonstration this Tuesday outside the Ministry of Education to demand the reinstatement of frozen salaries in 2020 and 2021, as well as an island bonus. The majority union in private schools and for public religion teachers has demanded the signing of an agreement guaranteeing the reinstatement of the 2% salary in 2020 and the 0.9% salary in 2021, as well as the island bonus.