29 January 2019

The behaviour of some honourables is surely dishonourable. Some rogue Mps have joined the band wagon of blaming teachers who have done so well with so little in Zimbabwe.

Most outstanding is Chegutu West, D. Nduna who threated explusion of all incapacitated teachers in his constituency. He has since been joined in the educational vandalism crusade by Mangwe Mp O. Mguni whose vitriolic attacks on Mangwe teachers and DSI leave a lot to be desired.

He has come out blazing, ignorantly though, that Mangwe DSI must report to him the situation in Mangwe District rather than reporting to his immediate provincial bosses in Gwanda.

Such ignorance baffles logic and common sense, more so coming from an Mp. Worse still the Mp wrongly sites section 299 as the basis for his claim that he should get reports from DSI and as a basis for condemning incapacitated Mangwe teachers. We humbly remind the Mp that section 299 is on parliamentary oversight of state revenue and expenditure.

By no means does that give him priviledge to get professional reports from the DSI . Dear Hon Mguni, be guided accordingly. Rather your responsibility is to lobby for a better budgetary allocation to Education in line with the Dakar Agreenent of 2000 in which above 22% of the total budget must be allocated to education.

Please note that our 2018 Grade 7, ‘O’ level and ‘A’ level pass rates increased nationally and even in Mangwe district. As Ptuz we are tired of the so few ignorant people attacking so many teachers for doing so much with so little.

Teachers are workers and not slaves and have families to look after, children to pay fees for yet their salaries are just pathetic. Hands off teachers Hon Mguni, and be professional in your relations with teachers and Ministry officials.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed. We dont eat you threats.

Viva status restoration viva
Viva Ptuz viva

Venceremos

Dr Takavafira M. Zhou