The Basic Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has welcomed government’s plans to recruit and deploy 2,500 teachers this month.
BETUZ Director for Public and International Relations Hilary Chipango said the recruitment will help enhance the quality of education in the country because it will narrow the teacher-pupil ratio in most schools.
Mr. Chipango told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that for a long time now, the education sector has been facing challenges of increased teacher-pupil ratio that affected pupils’ attention in school.
He explained that this impacted negatively on the country’s attainment of quality education for all.He said government should strive to improve Zambia’s education standards and meet the move towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Mr. Chipango said this goal can only be achieved if government invests in the education sector and ensures that more people have access to quality education. He added that the education sector has a significant role to play towards the realization of any nation’s economic growth hence the need to be well managed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chipango has appealed to teachers that would be employed to be ready to work in any part of the country. He noted that some teachers who have had an opportunity of getting employed have lost their jobs because they do not want to serve in rural areas.
He pointed out that teachers should always be ready to work anywhere in order to reduce the problem of staff shortages.
He has also advised government to quickly implement the rural hardship allowances and other incentives that can act as motivation to teachers operating under difficult conditions.
Government has announced that it will this month recruit about 2,500 teachers in order to address staff shortages being experienced in most basic schools in Zambia.
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Good news! We also need the govenment to build more teacher’s houses. LT please show us some pictures of teacher’s houses both in urban and rural areas so that people may make informed comments.
Oh! has the issue of ‘marriages’ been dealt with? couples should live together to reduce HIV/AIDS.
Let Ministry of Finance confirm that 2,500 teachers have been added on the Gvt payroll. Let Ministry of Education state the names of those school receing thes teachers. Then Let headmasters in those schools confirm that they have received these teachers. Until then, its development on MMD lips and not on the ground. Thats MMD for you. They major in development on ZNBC and ZANIS yet there is NOTHING on the ground.
Is this not another hoax? Why wait until now? Is it because elections are just a stone throw? Common guys lets vote them out come 2011.
You are hereby invited to attend a meeting at the Zambia High Commission on Friday, 12 April 2010 starting from 1800 – 2030. The meeting is to enlighten fellow Zambians here in the UK about the Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) which has been created by the Government of Zambia to enable it provide funds for Zambians to run businesses. The Chief Executive of CEEC, Ms Mable Mung’omba will lead the discussions.
Correction – Sorry! Date is 12 March NOT April.
Good move though its way long overdue. There are 9+ teachers training colleges in zambia with a minimum graduation of 350 teachers per school. How does this number fail to meet the needed teachers? How many of these die and retire such that we are still experiencing the teacher shortage? It all boils to one thing, GOVT must owner its obligations. Teaching is no easy job especially in Zambia and in rural areas. Those little mentioned incentives are and will never be enough. Govt and societ must respect these scholars and support them.