Government apologises over delayed payment of teachers’ salaries

The education minister Jesca Alupo has given assurance that teachers who missed out on their salaries are to be paid today.

Teachers have threatened to lay down tools if the ministry of public service does not clear their salary arrears.

Speaking to journalists at parliament, Alupo said that she had spoken to officials in the public service ministry who assured her that the money would be paid today.

She acknowledges the mistake and apologizes for the deletion of some of the teachers’ names from the pay role but adds that everything is being done to rectify the problem;

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