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TEACHING SERVICE FULL, NO JOBS FOR 2020 GRADUATES

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LOBAMBA – The teaching service is saturated. 

As a result, government needs to look into other career avenues which would be of benefit to the country. 

This was the view of the Chairman of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Simanga Mamba, when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday. 

He informed the PAC that they were still allocating permanent positions to people who had started working way back in 2010. 

Mamba said at the moment, they had waiting lists from graduates from 2015, 2018 and very few from 2019. 

He said at the moment there were no vacancies for graduates of 2020. 

The chairman said for instance, there were 2015 Bachelor of Arts in Humanities teachers who were still working at primary school level yet they qualified to be high school teachers.  The chairman said room that was particularly available was that of Maths and Physics teachers, but as for the rest, there was no room for them.

He said as a result, they had even written to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to ask them to reprioritise or redirect scholarships as the teaching or education sector was now saturated. 

He said two months ago, as a commission, they met with colleges and other institutions of higher learning to engage them in mapping how they could diversify their courses. 

“In the past it was government that needed teachers, but that has changed now as it is the teachers who need jobs,” said Mamba.  He further stated that more teachers were now qualified while in the past they used to hire high school leavers. Mamba said he believed that was the reason why there was seemingly some corruption as many people were desperate for jobs. 

Diplomas 

He said there were now about 1 000 candidates with primary teachers diplomas (PTDs), who all wanted to be hired. 

Mamba added that there were about 700 teachers with Bachelor of Arts, who were still at primary school level. 

He informed the PAC that the TSC operated more as a recruitment agency for the Ministry of Education and Training, which would inform them which qualifications they were looking for and then they would fill the positions. 

On another note, the PAC suggested that teachers’ contracts should not be for two years, but at least five, especially for the Maths subjects. 

The PAC further recommended that an extension of teachers’ contracts, who were about to retire, should not be done even if it is the final term of the school calendar. 



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