{"id":43244,"date":"2021-07-09T18:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=43244"},"modified":"2021-07-09T18:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:11:57","slug":"teachers-schools-will-not-open-any-time-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-schools-will-not-open-any-time-soon","title":{"rendered":"Teachers: Schools Will Not Open Any Time Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Teachers have said the situation on the ground suggests that schools would not open any time soon while the government is saying plans for re-opening are at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n

Teachers want school re-opening deferred to August or until the COVID-19 infections have gone down.<\/p>\n

They speak as the country is experiencing a coronavirus resurgence fuelled by the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in India.<\/p>\n

Schools were scheduled to re-open on the 28th of June but the opening was deferred by two weeks following a surge in new coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou said it is suicidal to allow the schools to re-open when COVID-19 cases are going up. He said:<\/p>\n

_Pragmatism and realism must triumph over vapid and vacuous wishful thinking._<\/b><\/p>\n

_The reality on the ground is that schools would not open any time soon. All tertiary institutions have suspended face-to-face learning._<\/b><\/p>\n

_At any rate, we have minors in schools that cannot fully comprehend the impact of COVID-19. If we have closed institutions used by adults, how can we open schools where there are kids?_<\/b><\/p>\n

_We are also aware that schools do not have COVID-19 abatement equipment, and money allocated to assist schools has not filtered to schools, while standard operation procedures have not been followed._<\/b><\/p>\n

_Put succinctly, teachers and pupils are not immune to COVID-19 and their health and safety must be prioritised._<\/b><\/p>\n

He added that the government has no capacity to test all 136 000 teachers, ancillary staff and nearly six million pupils.<\/p>\n

Zhou\u2019s remarks were echoed by another teacher\u2019s organisation, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe (Artuz) which called on the State to address \u201cteacher incapacitation before thinking of reopening schools.<\/p>\n

The union said teachers should receive pre-October 2018 salaries.<\/p>\n

More: Pindula News; NewsDay<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Teachers have said the situation on the ground suggests that schools would not open any time soon while the government is saying plans for re-opening are at an advanced stage. Teachers want school re-opening deferred to August or until the COVID-19 infections have gone down. 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