The Teachers' Union announced in a statement that "based on the agreement signed at the Ministry of Education, which requires the Private Educational Institutions Union to fund the compensation fund with 60 billion monthly in order to increase the salaries of retired teachers by six times, tomorrow, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, is a regular teaching day in private schools. The union is fully committed to implementing this agreement to ensure that the salary increase for retired teachers begins by the end of this month." The union pledged to "continue the struggle to improve their living conditions until a new salary scale is approved to preserve the dignity of all teachers."