The ministry of General Education says it has embarked on a countrywide validation programme on teachers countrywide.
Ministry of General Education Permanent Secretary (PS), Henry Tukombe says this is following the revelation of 500 unqualified teachers in the country who are on payroll.
ZANIS reports that Mr Tukombe was speaking at Kabwe Trust in Central Province when he officiated at the ongoing national teachers recruitment programme yesterday.
The validation programme will soon be done throughout the country to check on the validity documents of teachers, the Permanent Secretary said.
Meanwhile, Ministry of General Education Permanent Secretary (PS) Henry Tukombe says the government is concerned with the leaking of confidential information to the social media.
Mr Tukombe says the leaking of confidential information is a serious breach of the professional code of ethics and warned erring officers of stern action.
The Permanent Secretary raised the concern when he addressed Provincial Education Officers (PEOs), College Principals, members of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and the Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) among others at the ongoing national teachers recruitment programme at Kabwe Trust in Central Province yesterday.
Mr Tukombe advised the teacher recruitment team to uphold confidentiality and avoid leaking premature information to the public until the final compilation.
He said the 2017 teacher recruitment was aimed at bridging the gap in rural and remote parts of the emphasizing that only candidates meeting the criteria in the guidelines are selected.
The PS said the recruitment, placement and deployment of teachers in schools will mark a milestone in achieving the ministry’s intentions of ensuring that service delivery in hard to reach schools across the country.
Speaking earlier , the ministry’s Director of Human Resource and Administration Greatson Chipalo said 2, 500 teachers will be selected from the 30, 800 applications received.
Mr Chipalo said over 500 candidates have since been selected and assured the PS that the team will meet the deadline of December 31, 2017 for the recruited teachers to be initiated on the payroll.
He said the team was working hard to select quality teachers who will help to move the vision of the ministry forward.
which criteria are u going to use.then sometimes I wonder even recruitment exercise you need a launch ? awe sure .I hope selection will be on merit
rhetoric, always same statement.Think about retirees as well!!!
Eeer eer….but “our” relatives shall remain despite them having counterfeit certificates ka?
i quote ‘ 2, 500 teachers will be selected from the 30, 800 applications received” level of unemployment
This is the same tukombe who is known for his corruption an tribalism. he ha s sent away most of staff who hail from North western, Barotseland, Central and Southern provinces from Ministry Headquarters. Instead he has brought in his cronies from all over. We know too well that a good number will ot have already been recruited on tribal absis and ability to pay. Zambia, where are we going, if we are going anywhere anyway? Lungu must fire this worm from the Ministry. He has no education background and knows zero about it. He is an HR fellow.
These are examples of people who are corrupt, look for getting things on a silver platter and tribalistic.Can easily know his political inclination-tribe-based!!
Ba Kulobone tekanyeni naimwe. You sound bitter just like your HungryHyena (HH). Always bitter and bitterness will just kill you. You are too tribal yourself just where did you get all this fake information. Which ability to pay are you talking about. Why didn’t you buy your stay at Ministry of Education if he is that corrupt.
Nailed exactly on his/her head.Those who failed to excel always find solace in accusing others to be tribal.
Wasting time and money on the same issues. What will be the work of teaching council of Zambia, if you don’t ve in TCZ disband it coz they will be eating tax payers money
This process should be extended to other ministries why only teachers not nurses, police officers, agric extension officers, soldiers, clerks, cahiers and so on.
Political advisor, you are right. There are still a number of government and non-governmental officers who have cooked qualifications. Can government be more serious on this one.
Is it only teachers with fake qualifications even other professionals they should do the same