Guinea’s SLECG calls for higher salaries and allowances
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mosaiqueguinee
The Free Union of Teachers and Researchers of Guinea is calling for higher salaries, increased allowances and better social protection for teachers. Presented during a delayed celebration of World Teachers’ Day, the demands were included in a list submitted to the authorities, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
The Free Union of Teachers and Researchers of Guinea (SLECG) is calling for higher salaries and allowances for teachers, as well as medical cover for them and their dependants. Its second deputy secretary-general, Aboubacar Kaba, presented the demands on Saturday 24 October 2026 during a delayed celebration of World Teachers’ Day, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
The union’s list of demands also calls for the creation of a hardship allowance for teachers assigned to difficult areas. It proposes reducing class sizes, renovating schools, supplying textbooks, computer equipment and laboratories, and strengthening security in schools, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
The SLECG is also calling for the regularisation of promotions, reclassifications and salary arrears, as well as regular continuing training programmes funded by the state, according to the same media outlet. These demands extend those already made by the education union over unpaid salaries and allowances on 4 October.
