Sour relations lead to exams boycott

Teachers at the school who declined to be named for fear of victimisation, accused school head, Lazarus Gadienewe of “managing the institution as he pleased”, making autonomous decisions and calling the environment “devoid of good governance”. As a result, relations between management and teachers have soured.

The last straw that broke the camel’s back was a questionnaire administered to students on Monday seeking to establish how teachers treat them.  “We were not consulted when the study was designed, neither did we know about its administration. We only learnt about it during a Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) meeting last week where the school head presented findings at that meeting,” one teacher said. Another teacher said, “Parents were told how bad we are towards their children, that we are always shouting at them, hurling insults at learners and even insulting their parents.