{"id":34981,"date":"2021-02-17T18:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2021-02-17T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:06:31","slug":"teachers-group-warns-against-rushed-schools-opening-by-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-group-warns-against-rushed-schools-opening-by-govt","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Group Warns Against Rushed Schools Opening By Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Staff Reporter<\/b> &#8211; THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says government should resist the temptation to open schools before putting in place the requisite Covid-19 safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said anything in the contrary would endanger both teachers and learners.<\/p>\n<p>This follows recent twitter comments by Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana suggesting cabinet deliberated on the reopening of Zimbabwean schools last Tuesday before resolving to defer this by two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwean schools closed on December 18 after briefly opening last year.<\/p>\n<p>Only students writing their final ZimSec examinations were allowed to attend school in January.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Zhou said the teachers\u2019 group was appalled by government\u2019s lack of energy towards preparing a safe environment for resumption of learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA considerable number of people, academics, government officials and parents want schools to be unconditionally opened soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile as teachers, we are ready to open schools any time, we are worried that there is virtually no preparation to open schools except enrolment and collection of exorbitant Form 1 fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailure to plan is planning to fail as evidenced by disastrous Grade 7 results for 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhou added, \u201cIt is our humble submission that a myriad of measures must be put in place before schools can successfully open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, opening of schools must be a product of government engagement with stakeholders particularly, teachers and parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a need to collectively agree on a sound roadmap that has support for teachers as implementers of reforms in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trade union leader said it remained prudent for government to engage teacher unions as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented claims by Education ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro that there was already a programme unilaterally designed to accelerate school learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch command and control antics and homelitic bellicose are unproductive in a terrain that calls for engagement and logical disputation to enhance successful implementation of educational reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also prudent to pay teachers a living wage before schools open so that they are motivated, capacitated, dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time for the restoration of the salaries of teachers\u2019 purchasing power parity to US$520-US$550, is now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis way we can ensure that once schools open, there would be meaningful teaching and learning in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an urgent need for meaningful social dialogue in order to promote industrial harmony and productivity in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollective begging with the illegal Apex Council whose leaders\u2019 hands are greased by PSC into firefighting modus operandi would produce industrial disharmony and disrupt productivity in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhou said there was need for government intervention over exorbitant fees being demanded by schools for Form 1 enrolment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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