The Public Service Commission (PSC) has refuted a message circulating on social media claiming the introduction of a new deployment policy for teachers.
In a statement, the PSC clarified that their employment practices remain unchanged and continue to follow official channels.
The PSC advised job seekers to verify any job offers or recruitment announcements through authorised and official sources. The statement reads:
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The Public Service Commission wishes to advise its valuable stakeholders to disregard the fake news circulating on social media claiming that the PSC has implemented a new deployment policy targeting teachers. This claim is false. The message should be dismissed and condemned with the contempt it deserves.
There are no new recruitment drives targeted as claimed in the fake news. Our employment practices continue to be through the same official channels. All job seekers are urged to verify any job offers or recruitment announcements through official channels.
The Public Service Commission uses formal channels of communication to inform its valuable stakeholders of any opportunities and developments in the Civil Service.
Prospective employees are advised to register through the PSC Online Registration or visit any PSC offices for assistance.
The Commission also posts updates and announcements using the official website and legitimate social media handles and platforms.
The Public Service Commission remains committed to supporting our educators and enhancing the quality of education in Zimbabwe.
Spreading false information can undermine trust in legitimate employment processes. Let us shun falsehoods and work together to build a legitimately informed and vigilant society.
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) says there is no new policy for placing teachers in schools. They want people to check with official sources for accurate job information. The PSC uses official channels to share job opportunities. They urge people to register with them online or visit their offices for help. It's important to only trust real information to avoid confusion. The PSC is committed to helping teachers and improving education in Zimbabwe. Spreading false news can harm the trust in real job opportunities, so it's best to always verify information from official sources.

No New Teacher Deployment Policy - PSC

Binga South Member of Parliament, Fanuel Cumanzala (CCC), has claimed that the government continues to deploy teachers who cannot speak Tonga in Binga District, yet there are unemployed Tonga-speaking teachers.
Cumanzala raised the issue in the National Assembly and also challenged the Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerai Moyo to explain government policy regarding the deployment of Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers to Binga District. He said (via <a href="https://newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200027186/binga-mp-fumes-over-non-tonga-speaking-teachers">Southern Eye</a>):
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Some infants are being taught by teachers who cannot converse in Tonga, while there are qualified Tonga-speaking teachers who are still awaiting recruitment and are on the waiting list.
My question is, are there any specific guidelines regarding this process I have evidence that at the time of writing this question, Harare was still deploying some teachers to Binga.
I interviewed them and they said they were from Harare. Regarding the teachers, I have a database of local teachers.
I attached the database to the question which I sent through the Journals Office so that the ministry would appreciate that I was not just raising this question.
I have evidence that this was still the case. Having said that I would like to appreciate that there has been some movement on the database.
About three-quarters of the people on the database have now been employed. This is a significant improvement.
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In response, Minister Moyo told parliamentarians that Binga was one of the first districts to be considered for decentralised deployment.
This entails that teachers from the area are to be considered first and made to sign four-year contracts which compel them not to transfer within that period.
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Binga South MP Quizzes Minister Over Deployment Of Non-Tonga Speaking Teachers

The government says it will withdraw teachers who are not conversant with local community languages in a move meant to ensure that learners in early childhood development (ECD) are taught in their mother language.
This comes after some communities, mainly where minority languages are spoken, have raised concerns over the deployment of teachers who do not speak local languages, particularly in primary schools.
The country recognises 16 official languages, but most schools were mainly teaching Ndebele and Shona.
In an interview with State media on Thursday, Primary and Secondary Education Ministry Permanent Secretary Tumisang Thabela said:
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In terms of teachers who are deployed to areas where people are uncomfortable, there are two things that would have happened.
It would be a case of mistaken deployment because in the human resource database that we use to deploy, the Public Service Commission does the recruitment, and we ask the applicants to tell us the language that they are proficient in before we make a selection.
We are trying to phase out those issues, but once in a while when there has been such a mismatch we withdraw those teachers and correct the issue although it will take time to be fully addressed considering the shortages.
It is one of the mandates that the ministry has given us to develop indigenous languages.
That is why one of the key policies that we came up with as Government, through the ministry is to make sure that children who are at the infant level should be taught in their mother tongue or in the language which is common in their locality, especially in places like metropolitan cities where you have diverse cultures in one classroom.
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Thabela said it will, however, take time to remove all teachers who do not speak languages spoken in that particular community due to a shortage of teachers trained in the indigenous languages.
She said the policy of teaching infants in their mother language was adopted faster than the teacher capacitation programmes.
Thabela said institutions of higher learning such as Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic, Seke Teachers’ College, Midlands State University, and Great Zimbabwe University are training teachers in the indigenous languages.| <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/government-enforces-teachers-deployment-policy/">Chronicle</a>

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