‘Temporary teachers substandard’

GOVERNMENT should reduce the number of temporary teachers in schools as their lack of formal teacher training is affecting the standards of education in the country, teacher representatives have said.

Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu bemoaned government’s apparent reliance on untrained teachers. “We do not condone a situation where Zimbabwe employs people who are not trained and continues to call them teachers. 

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