By Peter Sichali GOVERNMENT should critically address the issue of teacher recruitment because there are now over 50, 000 trained teachers without employment, Basic Teacher’s Union of Zambia (BETUZ) secretary-general Henry Sinkala has said.Mr Sinkala said there has never been any teacher recruitment in the past two years and the number of teachers who have graduated was increasing. Mr Sinkala said there has never been any teacher recruitment in the past two years and the number of teachers who have graduated was increasing. He said in the 2021 budget, Government should allocate funds for teacher recruitment to reduce on the pupil to teacher ratio. Mr Sinkala said in an interview that the pupil to teacher ratio was still high especially in rural areas and needed Government’s attention. “Our expectation from 2021 national budget is that, Government should address teacher recruitment. There has never been net recruitment the past two years and the number of graduates […]
50, 000 JOB SEEKERS
