Gantsi teachers protest transfer policy

Transfers are one of teachers' most frequently cited grievances
Transfers are one of teachers' most frequently cited grievances

At least 80 disgruntled Gantsi Senior Secondary School teachers have sought legal advice to challenge government’s transfer policy, which they say is not enforced and has led to them overstaying in the area.

Increasingly combative correspondence has flown between the embittered teachers and education authorities since the beginning of last year.

The teachers recently requested legal opinion on the matter, according to a communiqué written on their behalf by the Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU).

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