MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima says 15, 425 retired teachers had not been paid their terminal benefits as at the end of December 2022. Syakalima was responding to a question in the National Assembly raised by Kalabo Central MP Chinga Miyutu, who wanted to find out how many teachers had not been paid their terminal benefits as of December 2022, why government had delayed to pay them, and when they would be paid. “So far 15, 425 retired teachers had not been paid their terminal benefits as at the end of December 2022. The cause of the delay in paying the terminal benefits was as a result of inadequate funding. The payment of benefits is an ongoing process. However terminal...