EDUCATION Minister Douglas Syakalima has warned that teachers who abandon rural schools will be removed from the payroll. Syakalima has also disclosed that recruitment of 2000 teachers is underway. Syakalima was responding to a question from Kalabo MP Chinga Miyutu in the National Assembly who wanted to find out what measures the government had put in place to improve teacher-pupil ratio in rural areas. Syakalima said government had deployed a total of 41,917 teachers from 2022 to 2024 to address the teacher- pupil ratio. “Government recognizes that the teacher-pupil ratio remains a key determinant of the quality of education particularly in rural areas and hard to reach areas. To address this, the Ministry is implementing several measures. First the government...