By Dr Takavafira Zhou
If reports to the effect that Minister Matema has put on standby 10,000 unemployed teachers to replace incapacitated teachers is anything to go by it is clear the Minister is misfiring big time. Hon Minister you certainly think putting one teacher per school would threaten incapacitated teachers.
Dismissing incapacitated teachers is like an attempt to kill a corpse. Those recruited teachers will still need to be paid. If Minister Matema want to make a difference he must put about 100 000 recruits on standby. But we want to remind him that the recruited teachers will still need to be paid. The best the Minister can do is to engage teacher union leaders instead of giving empty threats. Commandist approach will not work in the education system and the earlier the Minister is appraised of this reality, the better.
Venceremos
Dr Takavafira M. Zhou (Ptuz President)

