I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE COVERING 16 KILOMETERS EVERYDAY TO GO TO A SCHOOL AM SUPPOSE TO GO TEACH, NEWLY RECRUITED TEACHER RESIGNS
A newly recruited teacher has surrendered his appointment letter to the DEBS in western province of a named district after covering about 16km on foot from a tarred Road to the DEBS office with only coming across an oxcart which unfortunately was going the opposite direction.
The men on the oxcart were happy when they learnt that he was a new teacher from Lusaka who was newly deployed to their district and assured him that had they been going his direction, they would have given him a ride as he was determined to secure accommodation and August salary.
He had to cover another 13km, this time around, on a carrier of a bicycle of a good Samaritan. on his way back, he passed through the DEBS, surrendered his appointment letter and all he said was, “i never thought it was going to be like this, i’ll wait for next recruitment, am still young”.
He however, thanked the president for the massive recruitment and encouraged the unsuccessful applicants to never loose hope.
These young people should have been given some settling in allowance of some kind to help them adjust and settle in their new environment.
But the young teacher is also too quick to resign. He seems not to have given DEBS the chance to consider his situation. They could have worked out something for him, including finging accommodation near the school!
Anyway, an opportunity for another person has presented itself.
Someone may end up regretting when he hears teachers receiving 88% salary increments … kikikiki
Fake news. The story doesn’t sound real. The wording of the writer have holes.
Fake story. Find something better to post
Fake story indeed. We don’t have oxcarts in Western Province cos of sand. Moreover there is no school with 16 km radius possibility from a centre.
People must find something better to do than fabricating stories.
This is real life. To all you thinking it’s roses. The 16 or even more kilometres is what some of you will cover on foot.