Teachers accused of ignoring day students, preferring night students


Mzimba Secondary School

Education authorities in the southern region have expressed concern over lack of seriousness among teachers when teaching students at day secondary school as compared to those in night schools.

Education Manager for South East Education Division McGregory Alufandika raised the concern over the weekend.

Mzimba Secondary School
Segregations at secondary schools like these ones. (Library Image)

Alufandika said the conduct is affecting the performance of students in the day secondary schools.

He explained that the ministry of education introduced open schools in order to address the challenge of limited number of secondary schools in the country hence the teachers need to show up for classes at both schools.

Alufandika advised teachers in the region to take notice of the issue and to change their conduct.

He said that officials at the division will be checking if the teachers will be following on what has been communicated to them.

Classes in day secondary schools start from 7:30 and ends at 1:30 while in open secondary schools classes begin from 2:30 and students knock off at 5:30.

Teachers who teach at day secondary schools also teach students at open secondary schools.

30 thoughts on “Teachers accused of ignoring day students, preferring night students

  1. Do not blame teachers but yourself for poor policies and illtreatment of teachers.

    1.Teachers are poorly paid and not in time.
    2. If they have an issue with the office they have to travel to the DEMs office which sends the to division which sends them to the ministry headquarter without even an allowance. If there are documents to be filled they have to go to private printing offices which are linked with the offices to have them photocopied. Paying for them, if they can not appear in person their issues are never addressed. How long has the areas issue taken, how about deserving promotions? They just turn out to be campaign tools. Many officers are just sleeping in offices.

    3. The fact that night schools have been sructured in a way that they pay the teacher pompopompo is another tempting factor for teachers. Let night school fees go to government coffers and pay teachers handsomely.

    4. There is the so called partime teaching in primary schools. Teachers engaged coerce pupils to attend part time teaching . These teachers tell pupils that what they teach during part time is what will come during exams. Some work hard during part time for pompopompo payment. You have termed this animal. Gone are the days a teacher could arrange remedial lessons for his/ her pupils.

    You therefore need to address the real causes before you condemn and criticise teachers. Good day.

  2. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk inu mukamapanga ma deal kuntchito kwanuko ife timalowerera? Ndiye bwanji inu mukulowerera field yathu? Leave us alone

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