The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has started sitting in Kabwe to look at close to 6, 000 cases from Central, North Western, Luapula and Copperbelt provinces.
Speaking when he led members of the commission in paying a courtesy call to Central Province Permanent Secretary Denny Lumbama in his office today,TSC chairperson Mbelela Mulobela said the commission’s priority was to ensure that Zambia forged ahead in developing the education sector.
Mr. Mulobela said there would be no development without good education, health, agriculture,and communication services.
He said there was need for government to ensure that the sectors were given first priority.
He said while other people were busy talking against government, the commission’s focus was on the four principle sectors of the economy adding that these were a basis of any government.
Mr. Mulobela said there was no government in the world which could neglect education and survive economically because education was principle.
And Central Province Permanent Secretary, Denny Lumbama said he was humbled to see the commission forgoing Christmas and devoted time to work instead of enjoying the festive season with their families.
Mr. Lumbama commended the commission for its continued efforts in settling matters concerning teachers.
Meanwhile, the Teaching Service Commission has said Nkwame Nkrumah College of Education was by law still a secondary school education college because there was no legislative framework to put the institution on the University status.
Commission Chairman Mbelela Mulobela explained that there should be first the establishment of a University Council, which should appoint lecturers and other staff that were supposed to perform other duties at the University.
He said although it was announced that Nkrumah should be a University, there were still a number of things that needed to be fulfilled before the status could change.
Mr. Mulobela was responding to Mr. Lumbama’s appeal to the commission to sort out problems involving two officers acting on the position of vice principle at Nkrumah College and other issues following the change of status of the college into a university.
ZANIS
How can a country develop if you have such permsecs?
It had to take the TSC to explain to this dull Permsec that Nkuruma was still a college and not a university. This is the guy who is supposed to be a technocrat and chief executive for the province.
What a shame.
As the teaching service commission is striving to ensure that competent are employed into our schools,they should also take time to consider the plight of student teachers on teaching practice.The exercise alone demands a lot at the expense of a mere student.for them to come up with a learning and teaching materials they have to source their own pocket money.the other thing is transport they have to walk a long distance to their respective school on foot.To sum this up, on behalf of all the students teachers on teaching practice in the country i wish to ask the commission to come to our aid we need an allowance for our up keep during the stay at our various schools.
why do you always ask teachers to submit information during confirmations when in actual fact the information is on files at District,Provincial and Headquarters lusaka
I’ve been working for 4 years now and am not yet confirmed, I don’t know the reason why when the last sitting Was in eastern province chipata where am working. So I don’t understand why the system works or is working like this
whom can i see if i want to apply to a college
Comment.student teachers had work hard during school experience than permenant teacher,as teachers servince commission come up gud formula.