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SCANDAL/ Teachers from villages in Përmet, Tepelena and Gjirokastër without transportation. They wait on the street in the rain and cold
2026-01-16 22:26:27 / AKTUALITET
Alma Muça has been a teacher for 40 years. She is only a year away from retirement, but every morning she faces a bitter reality. She waits in the middle of the road, in the rain, wind and cold, for the bus that is often late or no longer stops where it used to.
Alma travels every day from Përmet to teach at the 9-year-old school in Petrani, about 7 kilometers away. Previously, teachers had a dedicated transport line, but after the tender change, everything was removed. Today, the Përmet–Iljarë line has been moved and the new station is too far for teachers.
"I wait about an hour every morning. I come into class wet and I come out wet. In the summer I sit under the sun with an umbrella, in the winter in the rain and wind. Where is the appreciation for the teacher?", Alma says on the show "Fiks Fare".
She always carries a plastic bag in her bag to protect her books and notebooks from the rain. On the day of the interview, she was sick from the constant wetness, but she still went to class.
20 thousand lek per month for transportation, taxi costs 5 thousand lek per day
The Local Education Office gives the teacher 20,000 lek per month for transportation. An amount that, according to her, is not even enough to cover half of the actual expenses.
"A taxi costs about 5 thousand lek per day. With 20 thousand lek per month, I can't even cover a few days," says Alma.
On the other hand, the Regional Directorate of Pre-University Education (DRAP) Fier admits that it has not signed a contract with any transport operator. According to it, the tenders for transport have not been carried out, as there were no interested operators and the procedures are now carried out by the Centralized Procurement Directorate in Tirana.
"We are not obliged to provide buses. The money goes into the teachers' personal accounts according to the VKM," says the DRAP specialist, adding that there are dozens of such cases in rural areas such as Përmeti, Tepelena, Gjirokastra, Saranda and Selenica.
No solution, no answer, no dignity
Although the teacher sent an e-mail about her concern, DRAP states that it has not received any official complaint. In the meantime, the only solution offered is for teachers to “agree among themselves” or cooperate with the line’s resources.
An answer that for Alma and dozens of other teachers translates into a single sentence: "waiting on the street, every day, with no alternative."
While institutions shift responsibility from one to another, teachers continue to go to school wet, sick, and tired.
Is this the way the state should reward those who have educated entire generations?/ Fiks Fare
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