The teaching fraternity in Northern Province has expressed gratitude at the continued release of their allowances by the Government.
Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) Northern Province Provincial chairman Nondo Kasanda told Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in an interview in Nakonde today.
He said that teachers in the Province are happy with the continued release of funds by the Government for teachers’ allowances.
Mr. Kasanda who is also Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) district chairman said the commitment by the Government to dismantle the outstanding allowances for the teachers is highly commendable.
He said with this commitment shown by the Government, very soon the issue of outstanding allowances for teachers will be a thing of the past.
” I am urging the office of the Provincial Education Officer (PEO) to also consider the newly recruited teachers in terms of their outstanding settling and subsistence allowances,” he said.
He said that it is important that even the newly recruited teachers are catered for so as to motivate them and enable them to settle down quickly.
Government yesterday released another K10 Billion for teacher allowances in the country.
Northern Province has been given K1.1 Billion from the K10 Billion which will be disbursed by the office of the PEO.
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Teachers should not be grateful for their salaries, they earned it! It is not free. Thats just the problem with Zambians, they like to be grateful too much for everything, Kasepa, chisense ….
When you learn to be ungrateful then you will work harder and ultimately succeed.
The statement from Nondo Kasanda is disrespectful to the teaching community in the province. It actually encourages govt to hold teachers at ransom by withholding their pay/allowances.
This is the money that is rightfully theirs and govt is not doing them a favour by releasing it. The teachers earned it.
In fact govt must apologise for the undue delay in releasing it and must pay out with interest at the current bank rates.
Wake up Nondo and provide proper leadership or get out!
It beats logic as to why one should be grateful for receiving their pay cheque late!
#1 Nubian Princess its not the salaries its the allowances
whether salary or not, they earned this money. It should not take more than 30 days after you put in your papers or agreed upon service for one to receive their money, or else it starts accruing interest. Ask yourselves, how long was it taking them to pay each other seating allowance during NCC?