State Appeals Judgement Granting All Senior Teachers LOO Benefits

The State has appealed judgement of Justice Godfrey Ntlhomiwa of the Lobatse High Court, which granted the primary school teachers their wishes. He had ruled that the primary schools’ senior teachers with responsibilities must have benefited from the policy and that the teachers be compensated accordingly and retrospectively, from the date of the implementation of the LOO policy in July 2013.

Ntlhomiwa had said that the implementation of the LOO policy, especially at primary schools was unfair on senior teachers with responsibilities. The implementation of the policy in 2013 had lumped the senior teachers with responsibilities at the same scale as their juniors at C1, whereas their counterparts at secondary schools had been remunerated at D4 salary scale.