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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will raise the salaries of teaching staff by 30% starting January 2026. The necessary funding is already allocated in the state budget for the first eight months of 2026, according to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
She noted that the decision is part of the government’s phased policy to increase the prestige of the teaching profession.
“The government is gradually raising wages in education to make the teaching profession more competitive. School education must be safe and of high quality, even amid full-scale invasion,” the prime minister emphasized.
In total, UAH 91.8 billion in educational aid has already been distributed to local budgets. An additional UAH 21.4 billion has been redirected to ensure the salary increase without raising the overall state budget expenditures. The next pay rise is scheduled for September 2026, with an additional 20% increase.
From January to August 2026, over 409,000 teachers will receive monthly allowances for working under difficult conditions, including 25,500 teachers in frontline communities. The Ministry of Education and Science’s budget allocates UAH 10.37 billion for these payments.
At the same time, the government updated the procedure for providing subsidies to equip shelters in general secondary education institutions. The state will directly fund facilities that are at least 60% ready without increasing project costs. Fund allocation will consider the security risk level of territories, with funding for communities with moderate or acceptable risk levels increased to 25%.
