15 000 unqualified teachers in Zimbabwe

Close to 15 000 teachers in Zimbabwe are unqualified following more than a decade of skills flight in the education sector.

The sector has experienced an exodus of trained teachers to greener pastures owing to the economic hardships that have gripped the country since 2000.

Despite Zimbabwe having the highest literacy rate of 92 percent in Africa, it is still heavily dependent on temporary teachers.

ZTA acting president, Shamiso Makumbe said the fact that the country has so many unqualified teachers, does not bode well for quality education.

There is therefore urgent need to find alternative approaches to teacher education to reverse the trend.