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Article published on the 2009-02-24 Latest update 2009-02-24 13:13 TU
Union said that teachers will return to work next week, while the government tries to secure financing, but stressed that salaries must be at the levels of the southern African region.
A union leader also asked that schoolteachers be exempt from paying school fees for their own children, saying that they can't afford them on the low salaries.
Unicef estimates that only 20 per cent of all students are attending classes while almost all rural schools are closed.