Tinashe Sambiri|Vibrant teachers union, ARTUZ has accused Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration of being cruel and insensitive to the plight of civil servants.

ARTUZ has urged its members to distance themselves from the marking of exams- citing lack of proper measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus.

According to ARTUZ teachers are dying after being exposed to COVID-19 while marking Grade 7 exams.

“We are mourning teachers who are dying after contracting COVID19 virus marking Grade 7 exams.

This morning a teacher died at Chinhoyi hospital, he marked at Jameson in Kadoma. Now we are pushing more trs to die? This gvt is cruel! Other departments have reduced to 10%, why teachers?

We appeal to teachers to distance themselves from marking O & A level exams. Its a death trap. Some of our colleagues who marked Gr 7 exams are succumbing to Cov19.

We know teachers are hungry and desperate let’s resist the temptation & live to fight for better salaries.#SaveOurEducationZW,” ARTUZ posted on Twitter.