Eight unions representing Zimbabwean teachers have requested an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appraise him on the challenges bedevilling the education sector.
Among other things, the unions want sector-specific allowances which they listed as follows:
- risk allowances
- special class allowance
- invigilation allowance
- grade 7 teacher allowance
- teachers living with disability allowance
- bloated class allowance
- composite class allowance
- class teacher allowance
The unions are also seeking a revision of the already existing allowances which they listed as;
- advanced level allowance
- head of department allowance
- sports organiser allowance
- teacher in charge allowance
The petition to President Mnangagwa was signed by the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe (TUZ), Zimbabwe Rural Teachers’ Union (ZRTU), Zimbabwe Democratic Teachers’ Union (ZDTU), Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Zimbabwe National Teachers Union (ZINATU), and Zimbabwe National Educators’ Union (ZINEU).