Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:59:34 +0000 By Linda Soko-Tembo ABOUT 130,000 teachers countrywide have applied for the teaching practicing licenses, Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) registrar Ebby Mubanga has disclosed. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, Dr. Mubanga said it was now mandatory that all teachers in Zambia should obtain the licenses from the council. “It is required that for any teacher to work in any Zambian school, be it a pre-school, primary, secondary school or college of education, she or he must first register with the council and will be required to renew their certificates every three years,” he said. He explained that TCZ’s mandate is to regulate the teacher’s practice and professional conduct in Zambia and also to accredit colleges of education and that it was time to ‘‘bring some level of sanity’’ in the education sector. Dr. Mubanga said it was important that teachers serving both in Government and private […]
