{"id":53375,"date":"2024-01-04T20:12:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/teachers-take-to-the-streets-in-matola-in-protest-over-unpaid-overtime"},"modified":"2024-01-04T21:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:10:27","slug":"teachers-take-to-the-streets-in-matola-in-protest-over-unpaid-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/teachers-take-to-the-streets-in-matola-in-protest-over-unpaid-overtime","title":{"rendered":"Teachers take to the streets in Matola in protest over unpaid overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Dozens of Mozambican teachers took to the streets of Matola, on the outskirts of Maputo, on Wednesday in protest over the lack of payment for overtime, threatening to boycott the start of the school year in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the government does not respond to our concerns, it can rest assured that the teachers , on the opening day [of the school year], instead of presenting themselves at schools, will present themselves in the gardens, squares and streets, to claim their rights,\u201d Isac Marrengula, president of the National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO), told the media.<\/p>\n

Various professional classes, including teachers, doctors and health professionals, have since 2023 complained of delays in the payment of salaries and overtime since the introduction of the public sector Single Salary Table (TSU).<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cheated us at TSU\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Holding posters with messages such as \u201cThey cheated us with the TSU\u201d and \u201cPay for overtime\u201d, the teachers marched through the streets of Matola in their white coats, singing protest songs and demanding the payment of overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have already reached saturation point,\u201d Marrengula said.<\/p>\n

Local press reports that the police tried to prevent the march, claiming that teachers could not pass near government buildings.<\/p>\n

In November 2023, the Minister of Education and Human Development of Mozambique said that the payment of overtime to teachers was being made \u201cgradually\u201d, a claim the teachers deny.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minister is an unscrupulous liar who does not deserve to be in the position she occupies. She lied to us. We are talking about 13 months of overtime not paid to teachers,\u201d the president of ANAPRO said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOvertime has been and is being paid\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Manuel Simbine, spokesperson for the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) however reaffirmed on Wednesday that he had received guarantees from the Ministry of Economy and Finance that teachers\u2019 overtime was being paid in phases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Economy and Finance is working in schools to verify overtime hours. (…) In schools where the verification was completed we have guarantees that these overtime hours were and are being paid,\u201d Simbine said, quoted by the local press.<\/p>\n

The new public service salary table was approved in 2022 with the aim of eliminating asymmetries and keeping the state\u2019s wage bill under control in the medium term, but its initial implementation, in addition to causing delays in payments, caused salaries to soar, with expenditure rising from 11.6 billion meticais\/month (\u20ac169 million) to 15.8 billion (\u20ac231 million).<\/p>\n

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