A photo with an unfounded claim about salary increases in the public sector has been shared on the social network Facebook by several users.
This photograph has the same data as the publication made by the Institute for Educational Studies “Edguard” on August 26, which claimed that the coefficient 1-18, defined in the new draft law on salaries, processed by the Government of Kosovo, has a value of 120 euros. (see here)
The photo published over the last two days (September 5 and 6) has the same data as that of "EdGuard", but its design has been changed and it does not provide additional information.
This photograph only claims to publish the increased salaries for teachers under the new law.
This redesigned photo without additional information has been published by many users on Facebook based on research conducted by hibrid.info. (see some here, here, here and here)
The post made by “EdGuard” on August 26, which is identical to the one currently being shared on social networks, has been verified by hibrid.info, which has been rated as “Unverified Content.” (see here)
"EdGuard" has only published about the increase in salaries for pre-university education teachers. Although it is said that the claim is based on data from the new draft law on salaries, it is not possible to argue such a thing, considering that the draft document of the draft law is not public.
Furthermore, according to media reports that have managed to obtain, through sources, a copy of the new draft law document, it is clear that the monetary value of the coefficient has not yet been determined and these salary calculations are creating confusion among teachers.
This value continues to remain only as part of the discussions within the members of the inter-ministerial working groups of this draft law.
Hibrid.info has sought to find the document and the draft law on salaries, but it has not been found published on the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: Public Administration (MPBAP). (see here, here and here)
Knowing that this draft of this bill is still under discussion within the governmental authorities foreseen by the procedures (see here) it is difficult to know its content.
Also, this monetary value, according to media reports, continues to remain only within the framework of discussions within the working groups of the draft law, but not part of the draft document, as claimed in the “EdGuard” post. According to media outlets that have obtained a copy of the draft law, such a value is not mentioned there. (see here)
Analyze:
Over the last two days (September 5 and 6), a photo with graphs of salary increase calculations for pre-university education teachers has been circulating.
This photo has the same data as the previous one published on August 26 by the Edguard Institute for Educational Studies, but it has been redesigned and does not provide additional information about who created it.
Otherwise, the "EdGuard" Institute, citing the new draft law on salaries, has claimed that the coefficient 1-18 is worth 120 euros, despite the fact that there is still no draft of this document open to the public.
Therefore, hibrid.info has assessed that this material distributed over the last two days is "unverified".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.