"There will be unemployment." School and kindergarten staff continue to be laid off in the regions.
Layoffs at kindergartens and schools are underway in several regions. In Surgut, workers are citing layoffs due to a lack of funds for salaries, while in the Arkhangelsk region, orphanages are closing.
Cuts in kindergartens and schools in Surgut
В Surgut the cuts affected not only employees kindergartens, but also schools. As an employee of one of the 850-student schools explained to NeMoskva, the layoffs were attributed to a lack of funds for salaries.
"We eliminated all support positions and streamlined the administrative department to a minimum: procurement specialists, occupational safety specialists, dispatchers, document managers, and other specialists. The number of office cleaners was reduced to three positions instead of the previous 16. The number of hours for teaching staff, speech therapists, psychologists, and after-school teachers was reduced," Nadezhda said.
She says that workers have contacted the regional governor, but have not yet received a response.
"They say there will be cleaning staff replacing laundry and kindergarten cleaners. But laundry is fine, but it's unclear who will do the cleaning of groups. But we've broken even on wages," says Nadezhda.
Alina, who works at a kindergarten in Surgut, will also be unable to return to work after maternity leave due to layoffs.
"They're asking us to come and sign a notice of layoff. The parents haven't stood up for us; they're staying silent. And those who tried to write anything on government-run public groups are simply having their comments deleted. The children will simply be left without help and supervision, and there will be unemployment," Alina told NeMoskvka.
Reductions in kindergartens in other regions
A similar situation is in Arkhangelsk regionHere for "optimization" liquidate three orphanages at once, closed Three sports sections at the Olympic Reserve School. Plans to cut budget expenditures were also announced in the Irkutsk Region: the Nizhneilimsky District set a goal cut 37% of administrative employees, night watchmen at schools, kindergartens, community centers, and utility workers are also preparing. In Spassk-Dalny, Primorsky Krai, they are also preparing. fire Kindergarten workers. Comments are reporting similar situations in St. Petersburg, the Orenburg region, and other regions.
"Our teacher is now shouldering absolutely everything! She's the only one working two shifts, serving as a teacher, a nanny, and now as a music teacher. She carries food from the kitchen herself, washes dishes, and shovels snow," "How can they cut the salaries of speech therapists and psychologists?" "There's money for fighting the internet, but not for education," they note in the comments.