Rural Eswatini teachers walk two hours to school
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Times of Eswatini
Teachers in rural areas of Eswatini sometimes walk for more than two hours to reach their school, while also facing a lack of safe drinking water, teaching materials and suitable accommodation. A tour led by the national teachers’ association is examining these difficulties as discussions continue over an allowance, the Times of Eswatini reports.
Teachers at remote rural schools in Eswatini sometimes walk for more than two hours to reach their workplace. They also face unsafe drinking water, a lack of teaching materials and precarious housing conditions, according to the Times of Eswatini.
The difficulties were identified during a joint tour by the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), a teachers’ union, the secretariat of the Government Negotiations Team (GNT) and the Hhohho regional education office. The delegation, led by SNAT Secretary-General Lot Vilakati, visited the primary schools of Mphumakudze kaPhunga and Nain, as well as kaPhunga SDA High School, to gather information on working conditions in rural areas.
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