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Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT will recruit an additional 7 000 teachers next year to enhance delivery of quality education, with special focus on infant education.
In the 2023 National Budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said Government also plans to enhance its skills retention programme in public schools.
“Support will be extended to teacher training, with relevant skills for deployment in marginalised areas, and this will be complemented by incentives to attract and retain such skills. The Budget has, therefore, made a provision for the recruitment of an additional 7 000 teachers,” he said.
This year alone, Government planned to recruit more than 10 000 teachers, of which 5 400 had been appointed by mid-year. Zimbabwe Teachers Association secretary-general Mr Goodwill Taderera said the recruitment of teachers reduces the teacher-pupil ratio and guarantees quality learning.
“A high teacher-pupil ratio means the teacher is unable to give individual attention to learners, and, as a result, no meaningful teaching will be taking place,” he said.
He said it was important for Government to recruit all the 7 000 teachers at once.
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