Victorian teachers and principals have announced they will follow through with their threatened 24-hour statewide strike as a spat over pay with the State Government intensifies.

 

The Australian Education Union’s Victorian Branch’s members are looking to attain a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) after Premier Ted Baillieu promised to ensure the state’s teachers were the best paid in the country.

 

However, the AEU says the Victorian Government’s offer of a 2.5 per cent increase per year is an affront to the profession. The AEU claims that Victoria remains the lowest funded state per student.