Zimbabwe Teachers Association

An estimated 300 teachers a month are leaving Zimbabwe in search of greener pastures abroad, the country's biggest union has revealed.
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Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education, Thumisang Thabela on Monday night insisted “the majority of teachers” had reported for duty when schools’ opened for the first term on Monday.
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Teachers say the salaries earned in January are inadequate to support transport needs for commuting to various stations in the rural areas and to support daily commuting by teachers in urban areas.
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Teachers’ unions yesterday revealed that a majority of their members were yet to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and were psychologically unprepared for schools reopening which government hinted on last week.
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Teachers’ unions and the public yesterday welcomed the Government’s decision to defer schools’ reopening for the second term by two weeks pending a review of the Covid-19 situation, saying the move was motivated by a desire to ensure the…
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Government is expected to make an announcement regarding the opening of schools by next week.
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Teacher unions yesterday claimed that about 50 headmasters and several teachers tested positive to COVID-19 when schools reopened on Monday for examination classes.
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Government has tabled a new salary offer to its workers that will see the least paid teacher earn about $19 975, including a 10% risk allowance and shut the door for further negotiations.
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At least eight teachers’ unions have filed an urgent High Court application seeking to compel the Government to postpone the sitting of June examinations until all examination centres meet World Health Organisation (WHO) Covid-19 prescribed…
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The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has proposed the postponement of the June and November 2020 examinations owing to the failure by teachers to travel to their nearest centres to administer the registration process because of the…
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