Times Of Swaziland: ALL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RECALLED TO WORK

ALL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RECALLED TO WORK
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BY STANLEY KHUMALO on 24/06/2020 00:13:00


MANZINI – All high school teachers are expected to report for work on Monday.
This is a directive issued by the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of
Education and Training, Bertram Stewart.
Teachers have been idle at home since March 18, 2020 as schools were closed to
curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Stewart said all teachers in high schools should report for work. He said the
teachers would be expected to assist the administrations of their various
schools with preparations and administering all the protocols that would assist
government with preventing the spread of the coronavirus among learners.
“Notwithstanding the fact that it is only Form Vs that will be attending class
on July 6, 2020, all teachers are expected in schools in order to assist the
administration. So, it’s not only teachers that are teaching Form V that are
expected at their workstations, but all teachers,” he said.
Stewart said the teachers were expected at their workplaces as of June 29, 2020.
 To this, the President of the Eswatini Principals Association (EPA), Welcome
Mhlanga, said his association was grateful that government had called upon all
teachers in high schools to return. He said this would assist in the workload as
some classes would be divided into groups of two or more depending on the number
of pupils per class once schools reopen.
He said this would then be a challenge if only the teachers who were teaching
Form V were the ones to shoulder the workload.
“We are establishing timetables already and they shall assist us with the
number of additional teachers we shall need from government moving forward,”
Mhlanga said.
He said they were still collecting data in line with preparations to reopen
schools.