Some public school headmasters have said they will not report for duty as schools are set to be openening this week.
A few days ago, the majority of the teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe issued individual and collective statements highlighting that their members will not be able to report to work due to government’s failure to address their concerns, particularly low salaries.
They argued that their salaries have been eroded.
In a letter dated February 3, 2022, Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads (ZINUSH) secretary general, Munyaradzi Majoni informed government that they won’t be able to report for duty due to incapacitation, New Zimbabwe reports.
“Reports coming from our members in the ten provinces clearly show that they ( headmasters ) are largely incapacitated to go to work apart from the fact that they are failing to raise fees for their own children.
We are convinced that our members can only be capacitated if our salaries are restored to previous levels and in actual United States dollar terms,” it reads.
The publication also reports that Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson, Taungana Ndoro was not answering calls at the time of publishing.
Recently, it was also reported that some teachers might not report for work when schools open after the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Union (FOZEU) said its members are incapacitated to report for duty.
The organisation is demanding that teachers salaries be restored to pre-October 2018 when they were pegged at US$540.
In addition to the above demands, teachers have also demanded that their children should not pay fees if the teacher is a government employee.-iharare
