LAW ENFORCERS CRY FOUL OVER UNPAID INVIGILATION ALLOWANCES

 MBABANE – Law enforcers who provided security during last year’s Swaziland General Certificate in Secondary Education (SGCSE) and Junior Certificate (JC) examinations are crying foul over unpaid invigilation allowances.

An officer from His Majesty’s Correctional Services, who preferred to be anonymous, contacted this publication to express his grievances on behalf of the other law enforcers over their unpaid allowances.

According to the officer, when the invigilation exercise commenced last year, they had a mutual agreement with the Ministry of Education and Training that the ministry was going to compensate them with an amount of E60 on a daily basis for the services they rendered during the invigilation process.
According to the officer, the invigilation process lasted for a period of about two months, which means they were supposed to be paid an allowance in the region of E2 640 per person.

He claimed that the agreement was validated by forms which they signed depicting that they had to receive the said amount of money on a daily basis.
However, when asked if he was in possession of those documents validating his claim, he said he did not have them because upon signing the forms, they were told to leave them at the ministry.

“I don’t have the forms with me now, reason being that upon signing them we were commanded to leave them behind,” he said.
The officer disclosed that when the invigilation exercise was over, they approached the ministry and demanded their allowances.

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