By NOEL IYOMBWA GOVERNMENT has disclosed that Zambia has a deficit of 44, 834 teachers in public run schools.Speaking in Lusaka on Friday when he met unemployed teachers, General Education Minister Dennis Wanchinga said Eastern Province has the highest shortage of teachers standing at over 9, 000 while Luapula Province has the least shortage teachers standing at about 800.Meanwhile Dr. Wanchinga has also disclosed that many universities and colleges find it easy to offer education training but that the development has resulted in the accumulation of unemployed teachers.Dr. Wanchinga explained that about 10, 000 prospective teachers graduate from universities and colleges on an annual basis thereby making it difficult for the ministry to handle.He said this has also been complicated by the fact that there are more retired teachers who have retired but have been maintained on the government pay roll as they have not been cleared.Dr Wanchinga disclosed that government will next month recruit […]
TEACHERS DEFICIT RISES TO OVER 40, 000
