Zimbabwe: Teachers - Govt Responding to State of the Economy

1 February 2016

Government's decision to scrap vacation leave for teachers must have caused a lot of consternation among teachers but makes economic sense in addition to aligning policy to what obtains in the region.

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira explained on Friday last week that teachers went on vacation leave for three months during which period Government was obliged to engage relief teachers on full salary and benefits. That amounts to paying two teachers for the same job, but one of them not in fact at work. It doesn't make economic sense.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.