Only a handful of privately-run schools in Harare resumed classes after
an extended end-of-year break, as children were turned back from public
institutions around the capital.
Teachers’ associations insisted that their members would continue
boycotting classes until the government accepted their demands for
foreign currency salaries.
"We continued where we left off last year as most teachers did not
report for work for the new term. We trust that the government will
finally hear our grievances and act to save the education sector,"
Majongwe, secretary general of the Progressive Teachers Union of
Zimbabwe, said.
The less militant Zimbabwe Teachers Association noted that its members
were not on strike but had no money for bus fare use for their
transport to the schools.
Both associations are demanding payment of salaries in United States
dollars or South African rands, citing the free-falling value of the
Zimbabwe dollar.
The teachers have boycotted classes at most of Zimbabwe’s public schools since February 2008.
APA
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