‘There Is A Need For A Framework To Rationalise Excessive And Unsustainable Teacher Leave Days’-Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze

‘There Is A Need For A Framework To Rationalise Excessive And Unsustainable Teacher Leave Days’-Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze

  THERE is a need to review the current framework on vacation leave for teachers as it tends to give them an unfair advantage over other civil servants since they have three months holiday per year coupled with a three months leave entitlement after seven years, Senate heard yesterday. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze said while the government agrees that teachers are entitled to leave, there is need to rationalise the…

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(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

MANICALAND Senator David Chimhini (MDC-T) has demanded policy clarification from the government over an advertisement for scholarships in Egypt, which he said discriminated against people living with HIV and Aids. The advert in question came out in several local newspapers and required testing for HIV for prospective students, who intended to study in the North African country. “I want to believe there is co-operation between our country and Egypt, but they advertised for scholarships, saying…

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