The ZANU PF aligned Teachers Union of Zimbabwe TUZ says that all teachers in the country must be taken for a mandatory national service training.
Speaking to journos yesterday, the President of TUZ, Ottoman Magaya, said that members of his union have agreed to lobby government to send all teachers in the country for a mandatory psychomotor training at the Border Gezi national youth Training Centres.
Magaya said that the training will help streamline the teachers into understanding challenges faced by the country and government at present. The training will also boost loyalty to government, Magaya said.
“It is important that all teachers undergo this training as it will help them understand the history of the country thereby helping them understand the challenges that the country is going through,” he said.
Magaya’s call comes at a time when the country’s teachers are not happy with the government over delayed salaries and unpaid bonuses, and threatening to go on a strike.
Last week Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association Chief Executive Officer, Sifiso Ndlovu issued a warning that teachers were not happy with their remunerations and will be undertaking a mass labour action.
Two weeks ago members of Zimbabwe Rural Teachers Association were arrested for staging a demonstration against the government on delayed salary payments.
On the political front, the ruling ZANU PF has over the years used graduates from the training centres as a militia against opposition party supporters, a development that earned the graduates the title “green bombers” in reference to their brutality.
The Ministry of Education had not yet responded to the calls at the time of writing..
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Teachers need a good education not “training” which actually means indoctrination in reality. Its a way of making teachers’ thinking narrow and predictable. A crisis torn country like Zimbabwe needs teachers who can think outside the box, are open minded not cloned/brainwashed idiots who can only parrot party lines like Magaya. I can imagine 50-60 year old teachers being “taught” the history of the liberation struggle which struggle they actually executed in different capacities…
Teachers need a good education not “training” which actually means indoctrination in reality. Its a way of making teachers’ thinking narrow and predictable. A crisis torn country like Zimbabwe needs teachers who can think outside the box, are open minded not cloned/brainwashed idiots who can only parrot party lines like Magaya. I can imagine 50-60 year old teachers being “taught” the history of the liberation struggle which struggle they actually executed in different capacities…
What have the border gezi green bombers learnt? What are teachers going to learn. Magaya is afoolwho has no clue of waht is happening in Zimbabwe, How can this Magaya lead an organisation of teachers. Such teachers are not worth having in classes. They have no idea of what democracy is and yet they should be teaching our children democracy and its benefits. Magaya ari kudya neZanu. He should be dealt with. Magaya anoda kurohwa nemagreen bombers ake. Benzi remunhu. In these hard times in Zimbabwe how can Magaya come up with his suggestion. They are teachers, I mean teachers not green bombers. These teachers have their profession so Magaya iwe kana uchida kuenda kunoita green bomber enda iwewe urege kuda kuprescribira educated teachers pfungwa dzako dzakaora. Magaya should be scrapped off the teacher registry.
What have the border gezi green bombers learnt? What are teachers going to learn. Magaya is afoolwho has no clue of waht is happening in Zimbabwe, How can this Magaya lead an organisation of teachers. Such teachers are not worth having in classes. They have no idea of what democracy is and yet they should be teaching our children democracy and its benefits. Magaya ari kudya neZanu. He should be dealt with. Magaya anoda kurohwa nemagreen bombers ake. Benzi remunhu. In these hard times in Zimbabwe how can Magaya come up with his suggestion. They are teachers, I mean teachers not green bombers. These teachers have their profession so Magaya iwe kana uchida kuenda kunoita green bomber enda iwewe urege kuda kuprescribira educated teachers pfungwa dzako dzakaora. Magaya should be scrapped off the teacher registry.
How will the teachers ever come to appreciate something they are forced into? They feel the hunger in their stomachs and they see the emptiness of their wallets with their own eyes what explanation can an employer give other than that he has not paid what is due? Do people actually believe that brainwashing is the solution to everything? I wonder who the members of this union are and if they are willing to put their necks on the block like that.
How will the teachers ever come to appreciate something they are forced into? They feel the hunger in their stomachs and they see the emptiness of their wallets with their own eyes what explanation can an employer give other than that he has not paid what is due? Do people actually believe that brainwashing is the solution to everything? I wonder who the members of this union are and if they are willing to put their necks on the block like that.
Dzakakwana here dzaMagaya. Are you representing the real teachers or a group of those who got their way into the teaching field after the Border Gezi training
Dzakakwana here dzaMagaya. Are you representing the real teachers or a group of those who got their way into the teaching field after the Border Gezi training