Yulia Svyrydenko: Educators and social workers should receive their salaries on time and in full

The Government has endorsed a decision to allocate additional subsidies to local budgets in 2026 to pay for labour in the educational and social spheres. This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.

"This will ensure priority payment of salaries to employees of budgetary institutions, in particular teachers as well as scientific and pedagogical workers, specialists who provide social and rehabilitation services, as well as other employees in these sectors," the Head of Government emphasised.

According to her, the Ministry of Finance shall monitor the implementation of local budgets and coordinate interaction with regional military administrations.

"In this way, we ensure salary increases for educators and social workers from 1 January 2026," the Prime Minister stressed.