Azerbaijan, Baku, April 23 /Trend, M.Aliyev/
The retirement of teachers who have reached 65 years of old is discussed in Azerbaijan, Education Minister Misir Mardanov told reporters on Sunday. He said this age limit can be introduced after giving civil servant status to teachers.
Mardanov said that currently there are up to 30,000 teachers aged over 65 years in Azerbaijan.
"The status of civil servants will be given to teachers in stages. Teachers will receive a special status of civil servants. This will be reflected on wages, retirement age," said Mardanov.
The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order on April 20 on the preparation of draft Concept to refer the work at educational and health institutions, financed from the Public budget, to a special form of public service.