{"id":24741,"date":"2020-06-26T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=24741"},"modified":"2020-06-26T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T18:55:50","slug":"ptuz-mobilises-for-boycott-of-exams-invigilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ptuz-mobilises-for-boycott-of-exams-invigilation","title":{"rendered":"PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A COMBATIVE teachers\u2019 union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<span id=\"more-3096224744051988\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cO\u201d and \u201cA\u201d Level Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations kick off next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, in an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou said teachers would boycott invigilating the mid-year exams due to failure by government to comply with the High Court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of invigilating June exams is before the courts, where both Zimsec and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education had promised to put testing kits, thermometers, sanitisers, PPEs [personal protective equipment] in schools by June 26,\u201d Zhou said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also promised that they would have cleaned and disinfected schools currently used as quarantine centres by then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprisingly, the ministry and Zimsec have been belting and bellowing instructions to school heads to scavenge for COVID-19 abatement requirements at a zero budget, an impossible feat indeed.<br \/>\n\u201cSome school heads have also been belting instructions to candidates to have paid second term school fees by June 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cTo all teachers in Zimbabwe, be advised that the issue of invigilation is before the courts, all communiqu\u00e9s made so far have no locus standi and must be disregarded forthwith. Our health, safety and welfare should come first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything else must be resisted by all means possible. We can\u2019t fasttrack our demise by dicing with death and being reckless with our health, safety and welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A COMBATIVE teachers\u2019 union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The \u201cO\u201d and \u201cA\u201d Level Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations kick off next Tuesday. 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