Teachers have demanded from the new Primary and Education
minister Paul Mavima reinstatement of vacation leave.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)
secretary-general Robson Chere said Mavima’s predecessor Lazarus Dokora had
unjustly scrapped vacation leave.
“The issue of
vacation should be addressed as a matter of urgency,” he said. “Our position
will remain clear guided by ILO standards workers and in this case teachers
should be accorded the right to their leave.
“We are not enemies with the government but proponents of
progress, equality and professionalism and will remain so in the hope of
achieving a win-win situation.”
In a statement, Progressive Teachers Union (Ptuz) said the
new minister must restore hope in Zimbabwe’s quality public education, empower
teachers, and respect their professional freedom.
“We are aware that … Mavima has injured the trust from
teachers on two occasions as Dokora’s deputy. He reportedly called teachers
drunkards and threatened to dismiss some.
“An investigation into a few cases of drunkenness and
unprecedented increase of suicide cases among teachers would have helped the
learned professor to appreciate the increase of stress among teachers and their
students because of the commandist approach of Dokora and the evil of poverty. Daily News
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