By Dr Takavafira Zhou
On a day many families are supposed to be merry, teachers’ families resemble some mourning as teachers have virtually very little, if not nothing, to offer to their families. Other than receiving wishes for a merry Christmas, teachers have nothing to offer to their families as rentals, exorbitant electricity and water bills, transport costs and the dollarisation of the economy have cumulatively wiped teachers’ starvation wages.
We urge gvt to address teachers’ welfare issues, let alone health and safety, as a matter of urgency. We also hope that gvt will revisit its warped and suicidal intention to open schools on the 4th of January 2021. Gvt can only continue to ignore professional advice we proffer always, at the peril of the education system in Zimbabwe. Industrial disharmony would ensue unless gvt addresses the issue of welfare, health and safety of teachers as a matter of urgency.
Venceremos
*Dr Takavafira M. Zhou (Ptuz President)*
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