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| Zimbabwe Police Arrest Teachers Who Worked as Election Officials | |
| 2008-05-01 | |
According to the Zimbabwe rights lawyers, more than 100 teachers have been arrested, many of them in the past few days.
The lawyers said among those arrested were several head teachers, people who had been in the education system for decades. They are all being charged with criminal abuse of duty as public officers, fraud or violation of the Electoral Act. The Zimbabwe education system has in recent years been severely undermined by a shortage of resources, the departure of teachers and harsh economic conditions. This is now being exacerbated, the lawyers say, by attacks on teachers who worked for the Commission. Schools opened this week after unusually long holidays to allow for elections. Teachers unions have warned for several years that there is little learning or teaching going on at most public Zimbabwe schools, because so many teachers have left the profession. | |
| Posted by:Fred |