THE Ministry of Education says it is conducting an audit to establish the extent of overstaffing in schools, and then proceed to redistribute teachers to appropriate working stations. Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Dr Kelvin Mambwe says the reunification of couples in the teaching service may not have been done prudently, leading to overstaffing in certain schools. During the commemoration of the 2026 World Teachers’ Day, the Ministry of Education said it had reunited over 1,700 couples in the teaching service, who had been separated due to deployments. And recently, Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane said government had no plans to recruit teachers next year, until it addresses irregularities in teacher deployment and establishes the actual staffing gaps in schools....