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‘Increase Maths Science Teachers’
HILDAH MWAPE, Lusaka
ZAMBIA National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has appealed to Government to recruit more science and mathematics teachers in the enrolment exercise to be deployed country-wide this year.
Minister of education and vocational training Michael Kaingu said in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday.
In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, ZNUT secretary general Newman Bubala said the government’s recruitment plan is welcome.
“The targeted 5,000 teachers for recruitment is not enough but it is welcome. Government should consider more science and mathematics teachers to enhance the reduction on teacher-pupil ratio in public schools,” Mr Bubala said.
He said the recruitment will help in dealing with the challenge of teacher-pupil ratio in public schools especially in rural secondary schools.
Mr Bubala said recruiting more teachers especially now with the revision of education curriculum will help pupils grasp knowledge faster and hopefully see an increment in the coming examination results rate.
He said the government should clearly categorise where recruited teachers will be working from to avoid teachers crowding at one school.
Mr Bubala advised teachers to refrain from the mentality of working from urban areas knowing that rural areas, too, need equal education.
He also called on the government to blacklist teachers who take long in moving to their new postings.
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MUKOLWE
February 28, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Denkete
February 28, 2015 at 3:40 pm
“Mr Bubala advised teachers to refrain from the
mentality of working from urban areas knowing that
rural areas, too, need equal education”
iwe uli mu town muma light, good health facilities, good transport, police, ulenwa na mineral water elo ulesunkilisha abanoobe kuka vyototi. styupeti mukonho oobe. wacita no moona kwati untu aleeya ku cigayo.
kakolwe
March 1, 2015 at 12:27 am
Really, Denkete, you have a point. Some of these unionists think like idiots. A govt worker in urban area simply walks into the bank to access their money while their peers in the rural need to take a 24 hour absence to collect their money! I which govt could give 100% allowance for being kumabala! Kufyani! Kudiole”
rich
February 28, 2015 at 6:02 pm
working government
Mula
March 1, 2015 at 11:03 am
Mr Bubala, Tell Government To Start By First Developing Those Areas Into Easy Access To Funds, I Mean Banks, Easy Transport To Goods And Services, Good Housing And Sanitation Areas. But Teachers Should Also Go For The Sake Of Money And Those Poor Children In The Village Who Need Education.
New Educated Zambia
March 1, 2015 at 11:06 am
Very dull approach. The issue is not quantity but more of quality and regulation. If your training is catered for the environments one finds himself in then you need not worry about having to recruit more people. About time people came to grips with the fact that Zambia lacks in manpower due to brain drain. So instead of trying to recruit more people which leads to poor qualified teachers why not ensure the few that get trained are trained to manage the situations that await them e.g. high teach to pupil ration. In the UPND we will ensure this is implemented and also introduce a more practical led style of teaching.
mercy
March 1, 2015 at 12:36 pm
This has come up with lower rate of pupils who passed.
The real thing is,last year’s exams where well strictly observed.Those who passed are the right people coz it was clearly observed.Hey,study hard so you won’t be able to look left and right in the exam room.