Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has warned teachers against sexually abusing their pupils or students saying they are destroying the lives of girls hence the union will not support them.
TUM general secretary Denis Kalekeni was speaking on Wednesday, a day after the world commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child which falls on 11 October.
Over the past months, the media carried several news reports about teachers who raped their students.
Kalekeni said their union has also been receiving numerous reports of male teachers who sexually abused learners or impregnated them.
He claimed that TUM does not condone such acts since the malpractices undermines the strides the union has made.
“We receive more cases of a teacher impregnating a pupil and as TUM we condemn such malpractices,” he said. “Such malpractices are affecting the lives of most girls since they fail to continue with their education.”
According to Kalekeni, the union introduced a policy whereby teachers who rape or impregnate learners do not receive any support from TUM when answering their charges in court.
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Tiyeni tiwatenge ana asukulu ngati ana obereka tokha.Zikakhala zoonetsa ntchafuzo kuno nde sinkhani amavala ma siketi ngati akukasewera netball. Kwa anzathu amene mumabwera ku Joni kuno mukhoza kundivomereza za uniform ya atsikana kuno amangoyenda maliseche.Wt iz needed iz just get used to it and never think about it.Here no matter whether you agreed with the girl or the parents that u will marry her, as far as u r doing it with a teen ager, u r raping and will be arrested.
I support you TUM officials ,we teachers, let’s respect our profession ,there are more female teachers just rotting looking for you fellow teachers,if not just rotting out there no marriage or go for sex workers in rest houses bars etc but beware there is a deadly disease called Aids waiting out there let’s act professionally .please emulate me.I do enjoy my life coz I chose to have one of the Same profession (teaching)leave these young ones to make up their future.PlZ
Naomi dzifyenthe zimenezi. Ndikuti tinyengana nao
vuto la aphunzitsi atum mukulidziwa. don’t change people’s focus. you’re failures and fortune seekers. to hell with us.
Zazii,, kd aphunzitsi mumaaonerera eti? Bas ma warning kwachera?
Foolish people instead of lg u r busy talking foolish things like that by sheet!!!!!!!!!!
Chokani iwe mwalephela kumenya nkhondo yomwe tinakutumani ndiye mwayamba kunena izi. Mukufuna akutameni aboma akowo kuti akupatse chigumu China. Dziwa izi usadzanenenso za tsete in or strike wamva .u olwez betrays us. Ine sikhasu lako. Ndikufuna ndlama zanga za miyez 5 ndi 10 mths allowance. Kupanda kutero anyengwa ndithu.
Teaching is a regrettable job in Malawi as their concerns are not worth and land in the deaf ears of the stakeholders but when the grain of them misbehaves the whole bunch is mocked at, is always asked to work on obligation rather than commitment. Children are mishandled by the nation in general but teachers are just your examples.Tum put your house in order first before you look at your teachers. I guess Tum is one of sick trade union without direction. God bless our teachers as I am able to read this.
Tum chonde dandaulo lanu laveka kmano pempho lalikulu lipite kwamakolo ana ambiri sakupitira xool kma uhule,muone mavalidwe ake kumachita kt akakhala mu class ndiye phunxitsi amava bwanji?ntchafu xonse panja,ena amachita kuwayamba aphunxitsiwo,ndiye mwana wamamuna atani?kmano aphunxitsi sikt ndakupopani nanunso mukhale ndiudindo wanu chonde osamangoflash tianati,ena amabwera ndimtima ophunxira
Mulibe fundo osalemba zoti akufunika chithandixo akusowa momphuzilira bwanji picture iyi: how it shows us? Ikutathauza kut akusowa makalasi not wat ur saying
Angapange chani awa sex imapangidwa kumbali komwe inu simungawone
Thus too stupit ngati mwasowa nkhani zolemba osangosiya bwa?
Aaaaa hahaha sindimasilira coz si ntchito ataaa
Iwe osalembera zauphunzitsizo bwanji Ngati ukusilira
Many Thancx 2 All The Teachers
Good, its high time the inspection resume and spies introduced to spy on these teachers.
Leave the learner alone if you want go out with their mother