Mthuli Ncube Doing A Research On Teacher Absenteeism In Schools

The Finance Minister has said he is doing research on teacher absenteeism in schools and expressed concern why some schools have very low pass rates the Chronicle reports.

The Professor said this during the pre-budget seminar in Vic Falls when he said:

There is an issue that I have been studying for a long time, the issue of teacher absenteeism. It is not easy to fix but we have to deal with it either through incentives or improving conditions of service and building of schools

For example, Matabeleland South has 250 schools where pupils are not passing their Ordinary Levels. There are many such schools countrywide. Whenever parents are not involved in the activities of the school, those schools perform worse

Teachers have however informed the government that they will now report for duty twice a week in casual clothes as the economic meltdown bites and their wages remain stagnant.

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