Zimbabwean Education – New Curriculum – Same Old Problems. It will not be Zimbabwe without Teachers going on strike. Before building a house firstly we seek the resources for our foundation such that building our house will be a success. Without a foundation, we cannot just budge and start constructing a roof. It will not work. That’s the situation in Zimbabwe what’s the point of opening schools without reaching an agreement with Teachers so that they report for duty to avoid strikes.
As usual, the Mnangagwa government does what it knows best which is to threaten its employees. Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro said and I quote “it is the normal procedure The world over that sanctions are imposed on employees that fail to report for work. Rather than threatening our beloved Teachers “our key to our children’s success” how about just meeting their demands and having smooth flow in the education system. Failure to do so we don’t see the reason for schools opening. These teachers are also breadwinners of their families. They cannot continue going to their respective jobs if their income is not sustainable to support their families. We support them hundred percent and they raised their genuine grievances in a way for them to be heard.
As Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD), we are saying the. 20% salary increment is a mockery to teachers and a huge disappointment to the suffering civil servants.
The 20% salary increment is diabolic. It is a disgrace and disrespect to the true liberators of mental slavery “teachers” and as LEAD we vow to stand in solidarity with all civil servants as they demand decent salaries and to be the vanguard of people power in our quest to restore the dignity of all workers in Zimbabwe.
We demand that the uncaring and unconcerned government must take reasonable measures to address one and for all the grievances bedevilling civil service.
As a labour movement, we are totally heartbroken by the heartless reactionary regimes unreasonable threats to duty conscious civil servants who are too incapacitated to report for duty and extremely poverty-stricken to afford basic necessities of life because of the slave-like salaries which are way below the poverty datum line.
The government should not always wait until matters worsen to take action. Government should also have in mind, the skyrocketing rates thus they should remunerate teachers accordingly if not so on the next school opening day we will have the same problem.
Together we can stop the unfair treatment of teachers. United we stand in solidarity with teachers and all civil servants. Nyika unovakwa nevene vakaguta kwete vanezhara
