Zimbabwe ready to pay teachers $18 000, cannot afford US$540 they want

*HON. SEN. KOMICHI: Thank you Minister. The $18 000, according to the schedule that circulated, is for seniour management. The teacher who is teaching students will be getting $15 000. The belief that across the civil servants, those who are in Grade D1, if they are in the teaching service, they are not getting the same as those who will be in D1 in the army or in nursing. If it is true, it means it has an impact on the motivation of teachers because they think that they are not valued and respected whilst they are the ones who produce all of us. I do not know whether it is true, if there is that discrepancy. Do you think you can handle it because that is the one which is causing demotivation amongst teachers?

*HON. PROF. MAVIMA: Madam President, I thank you for the question. I want to wear a hat that I do not know because what happens to the soldiers in the army or the nurses is not under my purview. If that discrepancy is there, it is good for the teachers because it is not sustainable. We used to say that if we give the teachers, the nurses will be happy because they will know that tomorrow they will also get. If we give the army, that discrepancy is not sustainable, it can be worked out.

The rumours that I am getting, I do not want to rely on rumours but if we add the 20% and the 10% which were talked about, they are targeted for civil service only. They are not directed to other different commissions. So I do not know what others are getting, but discrepancy in a public service system is not sustainable and our history tells us that. There was a time when the civil servants would be given first and other Commissions will be given. That is the situation at hand. If there is a discrepancy, it is good for the teachers because it is not sustainable and it can be rectified and I think that is the beginning. Thank you Hon. President.

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