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'Education ministry given permission to recruit when there is concurrence of treasury'
17 Jun 2016 at 16:15hrs | Views
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora has said his ministry is permitted to recruit teachers when there is concurrence of the Treasury and the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Services.
Dokora said this in parliament when asked by the MPs.
"This is because the Civil Service Commission is responsible for recruiting teachers as they do with all other civil servants. So, if there is concurrence between Treasury and the employing Ministry, we can recruit according to what has been stated by the two Ministries and we start recruiting the necessary teachers. When we recruit teachers as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, we hand them over to the Commission for appointment," he said.
"As a Ministry, we look forward to continually opening schools and not close them down. We do not expect ourselves to employ more teachers than can be paid by the Treasury. If teachers are recruited without concurrence of Treasury, that is when you have situations where some teachers go for months without being paid. I did tell this House that the fact that we take a certain number of teachers, the directive was given at the beginning of the second term."
Dokora said that is when they were told that they are supposed to recruit teachers and headmasters and my approximate number is 130 000.
"From that period, we were working hard on the recruitment of teachers so that these teachers would be employed in resettlement areas, rural areas and other areas that have teacher shortages," he said.
Dokora said this in parliament when asked by the MPs.
"This is because the Civil Service Commission is responsible for recruiting teachers as they do with all other civil servants. So, if there is concurrence between Treasury and the employing Ministry, we can recruit according to what has been stated by the two Ministries and we start recruiting the necessary teachers. When we recruit teachers as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, we hand them over to the Commission for appointment," he said.
"As a Ministry, we look forward to continually opening schools and not close them down. We do not expect ourselves to employ more teachers than can be paid by the Treasury. If teachers are recruited without concurrence of Treasury, that is when you have situations where some teachers go for months without being paid. I did tell this House that the fact that we take a certain number of teachers, the directive was given at the beginning of the second term."
Dokora said that is when they were told that they are supposed to recruit teachers and headmasters and my approximate number is 130 000.
"From that period, we were working hard on the recruitment of teachers so that these teachers would be employed in resettlement areas, rural areas and other areas that have teacher shortages," he said.
Source - Byo24News
