Education minister wants teacher recruitment decentralised
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- 29 Jul 2022
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Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Dr Evelyn Ndlovu, has implored Parliament to consider reversing its decision on the centralisation of teacher recruitment in the country which she said was affecting their operations.
Ndlovu was responding to a question by Matabeleland South proportional representation MP, Sipho Mokone, in Parliament Wednesday, on when the recruitment process would be effected.
“The Hon. Minister indicated that there is a shortage of teachers in various schools around the country,” said Mokone.
“I would like to find out where the problem is exactly because we have a lot of graduate teachers who are not employed. These are qualified teachers who are looking for jobs but cannot secure vacancies in schools despite the shortages that the Minister alluded to. In that regard, Hon. Minister, when should we expect the decentralisation of employment of teachers?”
Stakeholders especially in Matabeleland have blamed the poor pass rate on the centralisation of teacher recruitment resulting in non-Ndebele speakers deployed in the region.
“This Parliament reversed decentralisation of the recruitment of teachers,” responded Ndlovu. Read More…
