The Teaching Council of Zambia will tomorrow launch the issuance of Practicing Certificates for registered teachers beginning with Kasama in Northern Province, Mongu in Western Province, Solwezi in Northern Western Province, Choma in Southern province and Mansa in Luapula Province.
Pursuant to Section 15 (1) of the Teaching Profession Act No. 5 of 2013 “a teacher shall apply to the Council for a Practicing Certificate in a prescribed manner and form upon payment of the prescribed fees”.
Teaching Council of Zambia spokesperson Ngoza Malonga said this will be phase 1 of the issuance exercise after which TCZ will embark on a country wide issuance of the practicing certificates to the rest of the teachers.
Ms. Malonga said during this exercise, the TCZ will still continue to receive applications forms from new entrants, verification of TCZ numbers and clarifications of any other queries.
She said the Council will also use the occasion to distribute Code of Ethics to teachers in those areas.
Ms. Malonga urged those that are not yet registered to immediately do so, as unregistered teachers are not allowed to practice in any educational institution in Zambia, whether public or private.
She has also reminded all those who are not registered to quickly finalise the process as it is a legal requirement to register as a teacher.
Good move l see nothing wrong it, even here in the western world they do that.
i hope the quality of the lisence will be alot better than the certifcate , alot of money was paid for this TCZ;
Don’t turn this into another money making scheme. Please make sure that only qualified teachers are given certificates and not everyone simply because he or she has paid the fee.
Those working at chudleigh TCZ are so arrogant , can TCZ look into the matter, they treat teachers as though they are young children they have no respect for the teachers and lloking at them one can tell that they were probably primary school teachers , their attitude is so bad
Good, though someone ought to ensure that this professionalisation thing has a handsome remuneration package to go with in order to sustain a dignified code of conduct
TCZ (Tasila chagwa Zambia) MUST PREPARE EXAMS FOR TEACHERS TO BE LEGIBLE FOR A PRACTICING CERTIFICATE JUST LIKE EAZ , EIZ etc all professional bodies need refresher questions an renew certificates accompanied by promotion and emoluments. Even soldiers need that atleast every year ka physical fight
More business for Matelo University
that’s a good move but they should also try to raise they income too
This is just a way of fundraising from poorly paid teachers salaries. No explanation has been done so far on how the amount raised is spent.
Teachers already have certificates and degrees. Please call this a paper a licence (Licence to teach)