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Zimbabwe
Teachers vote with their feet
More than 5,000 teachers resign every month in frustration over the poor pay.
In the Eighties, when the country was still in euphoric mood after achieving independence, teachers looked forward to a life of plenty. Today, however, they say they have been turned into paupers by the deepening economic crisis. Like most Zimbabweans - especially others working in the large public sector - teachers have found their salaries eroded almost to nothing by spiralling inflation, currently estimated at over 6,600 per cent year on year.
Zimbabwean teachers are held in high regard in the region, and there is high demand for them in South Africa's expanding education system, as well as in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, and also in Mozambique, where there is rising demand for English-speaking educationists. Further afield, many have found teaching work in Britain and even Australia.
Sourced from: allAfrica
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