The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has urged other unions to unite and present a collective voice when engaging the government on teachers’ concerns.
Teachers’ unions have expressed frustration over the government’s refusal to engage with them, despite increasing calls for dialogue to resolve the ongoing issues surrounding salaries and deteriorating working conditions, as schools open for the new term today.
Throughout the previous year, teachers’ unions repeatedly sought meetings with government officials to address the urgent challenges facing the education sector, but their requests were ignored.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200036947/govt-shuns-crucial-teachers-talks">NewsDay</a>, PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said teachers’ representatives should meet and discuss the issue, saying teachers are “ill-prepared” for the reopening of schools this Tuesday. Said Zhou:
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As PTUZ, we are still in the process of engaging our members and other unions over the course of action to take as a collective.
We are, however, perturbed by the government’s arrogance at a critical time of our education system. Many teachers have, as of now indicated that they are ill-prepared for opening schools and have no money to pay fees for their own children, let alone travel to their respective schools.
All the same, we must learn from history that isolated attempts to address the genuine concerns of teachers will not lead us anywhere.
We call for serious discussions among teachers over a clear-cut way forward, the unity of all teachers across the union divide, and greater collaboration in our actions that can yield more traction.
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However, it remains to be seen whether the various teachers’ unions can truly unite, as some have previously been accused of colluding with the government rather than advocating for solutions to the challenges teachers face.
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The PTUZ wants all teachers' unions to come together to talk to the government about teachers' problems. The government has been ignoring teachers' unions, and the unions want to discuss things like low pay and bad working conditions. PTUZ's president says teachers need to be ready for schools to reopen. Teachers need to work together to make sure the government listens to them. Some unions have been accused of helping the government instead of helping teachers. Everyone is waiting to see if the unions can work together to make things better for teachers.

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