Teachers have demanded to get their 2021bonuses as they allege that the economic crisis has worsened their lives leading to most of them being unable to report for duty.
In a statement, Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) bonuses in USD will enable them to float above the skyrocketing inflation rate.
“The ZIMTA-Ehlekweni Vocational Training Institute Declaration of 06 November 2021, resolved that the employer must pay the 2021 bonuses for educators in full this November to cushion educators against inflation-induced income losses,” said ZIMTA.
Educators are also demanding that the government put in place a facility that enables teachers to access the weekly USD$ 50 from their individual Nostro accounts.
“This has been necessitated by the failure of the majority to access their weekly forex allocations availed to them via local banks and Bureau de changes by RBZ. Ultimately, this move will enable educators to access part of their salaries in USD and eventually solve a longstanding grievance from the teachers,” said ZIMTA.
Starting this November 2021, teachers are demanding the invigilation of examinations to be paid for by ZIMSEC, as this is the only way to guarantee the quality of examinations while motivating the teachers and introducing equity in the treatment of all those who manage examinations.
ZIMTA highlighted that evidence at hand has proved that ZIMSEC has the capacity to pay for invigilation of exams by Teachers.
Teachers have also demanded that the employer ought to pay for all their specific sector allowances with effect from December 2021.
“The declaration stated that the salary for a Grade D level Teacher of USD$540 has to be honored by November 2021 at the latest. The ZIMTA-Ehlekweni Bulawayo, November 2021 Declaration further stipulates and warns the employer that fails to meet these demands from the educators, within the above specified time frames may lead to disruptions of activities within schools, compromising the quality and equal access to education for learners, disturbing examination invigilation and ultimately the failure of moderation and capture of CALA results,”
In the 6 November ZIMTA – Ehlekweni Declaration Statement, the Teachers declared that unspecified actions emanating from teacher disgruntlement were likely to occur should their demands be ignored.
