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Unpaid teachers meet government
24 Aug 2015 at 07:48hrs | Views
Civil servants will today engage Government over non-payment of their salaries after the employer instituted an audit that saw thousands struck off the payroll. Half of the 3 000 Government workers not getting their salaries since July are said to be teachers.
Some of the civil servants were not at their work stations when the audit was conducted in April and were deemed ghost workers.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora told teachers attending the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) annual conference in Harare that his ministry was engaging the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare over the matter.
He said the ministry also wanted to know why some of the teachers were struck off the payroll.
Meanwhile, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora has proposed the creation of a board to monitor the education sector saying unqualified persons were flooding the profession compromising standards.
He said it is only in the education sector where anyone can call himself a teacher. Dokora said there was need to capacitate teachers.
Some of the civil servants were not at their work stations when the audit was conducted in April and were deemed ghost workers.
He said the ministry also wanted to know why some of the teachers were struck off the payroll.
Meanwhile, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora has proposed the creation of a board to monitor the education sector saying unqualified persons were flooding the profession compromising standards.
He said it is only in the education sector where anyone can call himself a teacher. Dokora said there was need to capacitate teachers.
Source - the herald
