Sunday 16 November 2008

Teachers divided over strike

From Daily News, Dar es Salaam
By PIUS RUGONZIBWA


Teachers are sharply divided over which way to go...strike or go back to class, our random survey reveals. However, the President of the Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU), Mr Gratian Mukoba, has maintained that today’s strike remains as scheduled.

But his position is not shared by teachers in Mbeya and Mwanza regions, where teachers say they will not join in the strike. “TTU should address itself to more serious problems facing teachers…teachers are sacked from their jobs without proper procedures while others are mistreated by their education officers and the TTU takes no action,” some teachers said in Mbeya.

Read story in Daily News - here.

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