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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating cases of teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened on 7 February to ascertain whether their reasons for their absence are genuine or not.<\/p>\n

The Public Service Commission (PSC) had given the absentee teachers until Tuesday, 22 February to resume work or be regarded as having resigned voluntarily.<\/p>\n

The majority of teachers failed to report for duty when schools opened early this month citing incapacitation.<\/p>\n

The teachers were also demanding pre-October 2018 US dollar salaries of up to US$540 per month.<\/p>\n

Primary and Secondary Education communication and advocacy director, Taungana Ndoro said that they need up to two weeks to complete their investigations. Ndoro said:<\/p>\n

Someone did not come but was not able to give a reason, a valid reason. So we need to give a little bit more time for us to actually say, this person did not come to work deliberately.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t give statistics and figures of those who really absconded from duty as of now. Perhaps in one or two weeks, we shall get a clear picture.<\/p>\n

What if that person was unconscious, injured or involved in an accident and they don\u2019t know what transpired?<\/p>\n

So there\u2019s a lot of due diligence that we need to do to find out what is really on the ground.<\/p>\n

Perhaps in two weeks\u2019 time, we would have published that there are people who are no longer part of the system.<\/p>\n

We may even receive resignation letters as there are a lot of things at play. There are people who would say, \u2018I don\u2019t know why you want to fire me, as I actually resigned\u2019.<\/p>\n

For those who weren\u2019t at work and only pitched up on February 22, the same will happen, due diligence will take place.<\/p>\n

They shall be asked why they were not at work.<\/p>\n

Early this month, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education suspended striking teachers and school heads without pay for three months.<\/p>\n

However, a High Court challenge by teachers\u2019 unions to stay the suspensions was granted.<\/p>\n

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