- Stay Connected
Socialize
Luapula Teachers Want Provincial Leaders Out
File picture
By Staff Reporter
Some teachers in Luapula have passed a vote of no confidence in their provincial labour leaders for allegedly failing to represent them.
Teachers from the Secondary Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ), Basic Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) and Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) warned that they would pull out of the unions if their leaders do not resign.
The irate teachers who spoke on conditions of anonymity told tumfweko that they were tired of their leaders’ reluctance in addressing their grievances.
They noted that it was surprising that most teachers were not receiving allowances they were entitled to yet the leaders were not talking about it.
The teachers said the leaders had outlived their usefulness hence the need to retire them to pave way for new leaders as most of them are recycled.
They also expressed ignorance on how the same leaders are elected into offices adding that there was no transparency in the manner elections were conducted.
The teachers expressed disappointment at their leaders’ acceptance to rate most districts in the province as urban thereby denying teachers rural hardship and remote allowances.
The visibly annoyed teachers also noted that they did not know their leaders as they were not visiting districts to meet member teachers.
Meanwhile, the teachers have vowed not to accept salaula t-shirts they are being given during international teachers day celebrations.
The teachers said what they were contributing was more than enough to be given a low quality t- shirt adding that they felt insulted.
Posted by Admin
on November 3, 2011. Filed under HEADLINES, LATEST NEWS.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
Pingback: Luapula Teachers Want Provincial Leaders Out |
john
November 3, 2011 at 5:43 am
these leaders are not helping teachers.
there are 19 school in kawambwa districts who have not been paid rural hardship allowances for years now.
most of these schools are in kazembe zone.
union leader have done nothing.
Ba KING COBRA iseni mupyange bwangu kuno. ifisoso too much.
john m
Mwiche
November 3, 2011 at 6:05 am
ATI SHANI? 19 Schools in kawambwa have not been given rural hardship.
OK. GUYS! KING COBRA IS IN ACTION!
How can kazembe which is about 40 km from the DEBS office be categorized under urban area and be denied the rural hardship allowances? and a school 10 km from the DEBS office be given rural hardship because it is considered to be in a rural area.
BANE KANSHI UKUSAMBILILA KULI KWISA APA?
Just give those teachers their money.
mwiche
shimumbi
November 3, 2011 at 6:14 am
IT IS SAD.
IS THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LUAPULA KAWAMBWA IN PARTICULAR?
KWATI IMPIYA BALI LYAAAAAAAFYE.
UBUFUMFUNTUNGU NAMA FISAKANWA
(CORRUPTION TOO MUCH)
chintu
November 3, 2011 at 6:20 am
is it because ni ba teacher bakumushi eco mwaba delela?
because if these were teacher in town ngamwaliposako amano.
SATA UYO NE CIPYANGO!
mwenda
November 3, 2011 at 6:40 am
the government should interven quickly in these matters.
EVEN THE WAY TEACHERS ARE PROMOTED AWE BWAFYA.
Iam not a teacher but a friend of mine told me that she is promoted as a siniour teacher after serving for 3 year. yet at the same school where she is stationed there teachers with diplomas and served for many years have not been promoted. what criteria?
girls frinds? bootleakers? amafisakanwa? tribalism?
Henry Bj. Phiri
November 3, 2011 at 6:42 am
Please a teacher………..you will please a whole nation. I thank my teachers. May God richly come thru 4 you.
Sobenecho
November 3, 2011 at 7:03 am
if a teacher in kawambwa is not paid rural hardship allowance, then who the hell gets that allowance, we might as well abolish it, because its clearly not performing its role in balancing the livelihoods of rural teachers. When Zambians refuse to go to villages we start blaming them. You see there is no difference between a Zambian in Lusaka and one in Lundazi, if they are qualified to work they should be equity in terms of attention they get from govt and the unions.
The sad thing about unions in Zambia is that they are now a launch pad for political careers, they are like political parties at some level and if you are in the union you can end up in politics, its like people use the union to mobilize political momentum. I think we should stop getting people form the unions.
yoyo
November 3, 2011 at 7:33 am
those union leaders were MMD cadres who cared nothing for teachers.fitamfyeni ifyo.suck then out pakuti baletantika veg mu street.how do you neglect your fellow workers like that? shame
Jo
November 3, 2011 at 7:57 am
Yes, in january 2009 Lilian Kapulu said they were working on it, again April Siliya addressed teachers in kazembe this year that everything was being done but up to now nothing. GRZ is owing teacher alot and when one talks about it he is intimidated and posted in yet another remote area. Prov. leader are their to just frastrate the interests of teachers. imagine the teacher contribute over k30 000000 from kawambwa but only k400000 is send monthly and is not done always. how do we run programmes at de groot.
yande
November 3, 2011 at 8:23 am
it is too much.
the best thing teachers in kawambwa(contraversial kazembe) can do is to go on a strike. maybe the govt will pay attention to their grivances.
ubuteko tabutasha.cacilamo from 2009.
BUTUTU UKULA CITA INTIMIDATE TEACHERS.
Mwalibomba ba teacher pali ine!
prof. *****
November 3, 2011 at 8:42 am
These unions are just Govt rubber stamps.The leaders have become rich at the expense of the common teacher.Bafikala balifilwa ukutulwishisha even settling in allowance our entitlement.We are tired of u ifimabolo ba SESTUZ.Tulefwaya settling in yesu not ukulatusainishafye ifima forms. AMATOLE namumwa!
citizen
November 3, 2011 at 9:49 am
MR PRESIDENT, WHY DO WE CONTRIBUTE TO THESE UNIONS? WHAT DO THEY DO APART FROM MILKING FROM THE WORKERS. WHY CANT THEY JUST BE SCRAPPED OFF AND JUST CHOOSE VOLUNTARY REPRESENTATIVES? THEY ARE GETTING RICHER AND RICHER BECAUSE OF OUR MONEY. WE ARE CRYING FOR MONEY AND YET THE SAME GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE UNIONS IS MILKING US. THATS DAY LIGHT STEALING
Smart g
November 3, 2011 at 9:57 am
Too bad guys
CIC
November 3, 2011 at 10:49 am
MOST TEACHERS WORK CULTURE IS BAD. NO WONDER THEY ALWAYS WANT INCREASED ALLOWANCES IGNORING THEIR QUALITY OF SERVICE THEY DELIVER. IT SERVES YOU RIGHT, WHY DIDNT U VOTE HH FOR K5MILLION PER MONTH?
Teleshi Kabemba
November 3, 2011 at 10:55 am
Sorry Teachers about that issue of settling and hardship allowances which are not being given in Kawambwa and other rural areas of Zambia.I do agree with other people’s comments. Why do we even encourage the election of the same people as leaders or union leaders at the expence of the teachers.To tell the trueth i have never joined any union in my working career.Reason,why should they deduct from my salary and the same money is being used as allowances for the same leaders to go and hold workshops of no substance to talk about.Sending their children to school using my money for fuel,school fees,maintenance of their vehcles and cell phone allowance.You teachers wakeup.That is not a platform for them to become politicians at your expence.Why should i be contributing to my fellow human being to move forward in life and me am remaining behind.Do not be forced to join this unions.He will be in the Office as long as he wants without contributing anything to welfare of the teachers.Do not let them steal your money in broad daylight.We have to contribute positive to ZRA not this unions.
I feel sad at times.
Mark
November 3, 2011 at 11:07 am
These leaders were eating very well under RB including Leonard Hikaumba. He was on NCC and he must hav pocketed huge sums. Did u ever hear Hikaumba talk under RB in support of workers?…Never…! Its only after change of gvt did I hear him talk. Why vote for such leaders?
jo
November 3, 2011 at 11:07 am
Pliz people lets have a common go, i would like to see these guys audited, as is the situation now they are free to do what they want. simply b’cose they are not accountable to anyone, let the books of accounts be open to the public. Amen.
NAOMI NKHOMA SICHANDE
November 3, 2011 at 11:08 am
IT’S NOT ONLY IN KAWAMBWA BUT,ALSO CHIENGE. SOME CERTAIN SCHOOLS HERE TEACHERS ARE MADE TO WORK FROM 0630HRS TO 1800HRS AND ARE NOT PAID DOUBLE CLASS SALARIES. KWALIBA BA HEADMASTER ABAFOLELAPO. ELYO NGA BABA PELA TRANSFER TABAYA BALAKANA. PLEASE MR MINISTER OF EDUCATION WE NEED YOU HERE NATUKWATA IFYAKUMYEBA IFINGI. LETENI BWANGU YOUR SWEEPING BLOOM. TULELOLELA
Rude bwoy
November 3, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Imwe ba teacher, i feel your pain but cant you jst organise yourselves and de-register frm these idiotic unions sure. Why enriching some pricks? Idiots are living large on your expense.
thought
November 3, 2011 at 12:56 pm
the unaudited amounts that are paid to union reps are too high. who determines how much should be paid and for what use? it breaks my heart to see how unoinised workers are robbed. do you really need unions. am told unionised miners pay over 100pin pay month and i estimate there are more than 20 000 miners. if you calculate how much they pay per year, the amount comes to k24 billion! believe me these guys are too rich to attend to your needs!
Abaakaabaa!
November 3, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Sweeping indeed but how about men and women using the same toilet at kmb in kitwe? Go there today and get the story ba tumfweko now!
Shikulu Mapalo
November 3, 2011 at 3:31 pm
There are alot of unqualified teachers out there especially those who were employed by the Dora Siliya time.I know alot of them and am giving the Ministry a month as well as the concerned teacher to resign on moral grounds.No wonder your teachers union cant tick.
Its a shame! college failures teaching our children while those with qualifications are still unemployed. I hope batumfweko can dig deeper.
Dorcas Zimba
November 3, 2011 at 4:03 pm
im equally very very disaponted in the way the so called union leaders behave be it at provincial or national level.comeon my fellow teachers lets deal with these leaders.they are biz buying posh cars using our money.its not fair.
jon x
November 3, 2011 at 8:13 pm
ba cic pliz think twice b4 you post yo comment.Those teachers are entitled to allowances.Dont bring issues of HH and his childish campaigns here twapapata.
nono
November 3, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Kawambwa teachers u are the only ones facing those challenges I am a high school teacher in an urban area nd I don’t get paid graduate allowance with so many other teachers there is just so much shit in the ministry of education which needs to be cleaned. Higher officials get our money nd they is nothing we can do about but just to change careers like I am doing