By A Correspondent- Most schools throughout the country are now charging between US$1 to US$10 from learners per week as incentives for teachers to attend class, owing to the government’s failure to incentivise teachers.

Teachers unions have been urging their members to embark on a two-day teaching week citing incapacitation which resulted in the Government implementing a no work no pay policy for absconding teachers.

Investigations by the state media in Matabeleland revealed that some teachers at some schools have been demanding incentives from parents of about US$10 for them to teach every day. Some of the teachers have also been demanding money for data for them to be able to conduct online lessons.

One primary school in Bulawayo has seen students being made to pay US$1 per student per week for the data purchases, which is paid directly to the teachers, with those that do not pay barred from the online lessons.

State media