Overtime allowance creates tension in schools

It emerged during a visit by the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Skills Development to Selebi-Phikwe Secondary School on Tuesday that the stipend has led to the mushrooming of clubs whose activities overlap into weekends in schools.

During submissions to the committee led by Okavango MP Bagalatia Aaron, one teacher said the introduction of overtime has resulted in clubs sprouting in schools.He said the participation of teachers in extra-curriculum activities is compulsory per the teachers' scheme of service but wondered if government will afford to pay them overtime because the activities are mostly conducted on weekends.