The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) president, Shamiso Makumbe, made this announcement at the 15th anniversary of the World Teachers’ Day. She said there was a critical shortage of qualified teachers in the country’s schools owing to the reluctance by people to join the profession due to low salaries.
“As we mark the 15th anniversary of the World Teachers’ Day in Zimbabwe, we join the chorus of the United Nations officials in warning governments, ours included, of the dangers of slashing education budgets, a development that has heightened the shortage of trained teachers. Zimbabwe should not allow its current financial and economic challenges to alter the course of education to the detriment of the future generations.
She said recruitment of teachers would only be addressed through meaningful intakes at colleges, which could not be improved unless teachers’ morale improved. The ZIMTA President lashed out at the government, saying some of the officials were influenced by profligacy policies and principles of international financial institutions. She said the APEX council met the Prime Minister last week, but no tangible resolution was reached.
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