By SIMON MUNTEMBATEACHERS’ unions are facing an uncertain future after a breakaway team yesterday petitioned the Labour Commissioner to deregister them for allegedly mismanaging contributions of their members.A newly formed group, called National Revolutionary Movement for Teachers (NRMT), yesterday staged a protest in Lusaka, demanding the dissolution of all the seven teacher unions in the country.In an interview, the movement’s interim chairperson, Mr Misheck Kakungu said teachers were protesting against the “inept” unions for alleged inadequate representation of members.Mr Kakungu also said the teachers were protesting against lack of transparency and accountability on income and expenditure by the unions.He named the unions that teachers wanted to be dissolved as the Zambia National Union of Teachers, Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia, Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia, and Professional Teachers Union of Zambia.Others are National Union for Public and Private Educators of Zambia, United Teachers Union of Zambia and the Special Education Teachers Union of […]
TEACHERS UPROAR – as movement demands dissolution of all unions
