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Asking teachers to return to schools early ‘sending them to their deaths’

TEACHER unions have criticised government’s decision to ask teachers and staff to return to schools earlier than pupils.

Reginah Mhaule, Basic Education Deputy Minister, said last Friday that school management teams would report for duty on Monday, teachers on February 1 and pupils on February 15. Pupils were initially expected to return to school on January 27.

Private schools, which have already reopened for the 2021 academic

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