{"id":96576,"date":"2026-01-05T19:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/teachers-not-responsible-for-poor-results-says-union-2"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:48:20","slug":"teachers-not-responsible-for-poor-results-says-union-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/teachers-not-responsible-for-poor-results-says-union-2","title":{"rendered":"Teachers not Responsible for Poor Results, Says Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong> <\/span>Mozambique\u2019s National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO) has urged the government not to blame teachers for the poor results from the latest round of ninth grade school examinations.<\/p>\n<p>Cited in Saturday\u2019s issue of the independent daily \u201cO Pais\u201d, ANAPRO protested at an interview given by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education which claimed that the teachers were responsible for the bad results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose statements are unacceptable\u201d, said ANAPRO representative Carlos Muhate. \u201cIt is not correct to blame teachers for the failures. It wasn\u2019t the teachers who created classes of more than 100 pupils. It wasn\u2019t the teachers who decided that classes should be given under trees. It wasn\u2019t the teachers who ensured that there aren\u2019t enough books for the pupils\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese failings are failings of the Ministry of Education\u201d, said Muhate. \u201cBlaming the teachers for failures means running away from responsibilities. It means hiding the truth that providing a good quality education is exclusively the job of the government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Muhate said that ANAPRO is also concerned at the government decision to replace the night course in schools with distance learning, a decision made public by the Ministry of Education last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>ANAPRO claimed that this decision \u201cwill again sink education. If a pupil has difficulties in face-to-face teaching, let\u2019s imagine how much worse it will become with a switch to distance learning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are training illiterates!\u201d, Muhate exclaimed. \u201cIt\u2019s just a distribution of certificates. There are people who aren\u2019t worth what the certificate says\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDistance learning is nothing\u201d, he added. \u201cThose people aren\u2019t studying anything\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government claims, however, that ending the night course, as from 2026, and replacing it with distance learning, seeks to optimise the resources which the state is spending on teachers\u2019 overtime payments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Mozambique<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO) has urged the government not to blame teachers for the poor results from the latest round of ninth grade school examinations. Cited in Saturday\u2019s issue of the independent daily \u201cO Pais\u201d, ANAPRO protested at an interview given by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[3192,604,5963,241,283,309],"class_list":["post-96576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-eritrea","tag-kenya","tag-lesotho","tag-mauritius","tag-mozambique","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teachers not Responsible for Poor Results, Says Union - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Mozambique. 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