‘Reinstate teachers’ status, address their plight’

CHINHOYI MP Leslie Mhangwa (Citizens Coalition for Change) has called on the government to reinstate teachers’ status and address their plight, adding that teachers shape society.

The teachers recently vowed to boycott the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) as they “fight on” despite a High Court order dismissing their application for improved working conditions.

In the joint application, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta), Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and Educators Union of Zimbabwe had sued the government over poor salaries and working conditions.

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