The teachers who have been on strike called off the strike for a month  to give time to the committee to come up with solutions to their grievances.

The parliamentary social service committee had earlier threatened to withhold budgetary allocations until last solution is reached concerning the issue of teachers.

In a meeting between the committee and ministry, Chairperson Sam Lyomoki said the ministry’s budget will not be approved until the repository for increment for teachers’ salaries is presented.

On the other hand, minister for education and sports Jessica Alupo told the committee that her ministry alone can’t present solutions to the teachers’ grievances.

Alupo said her ministry is still in discussion with the teacher on how best to solve their issues. Alupo also noted that an inter-ministerial committee comprising the minister of education, minister of public service and minister of gender has been constituted to address teachers’ problems.

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