The government is set to promote 2 988 teachers to heads and deputies to fill primary and secondary school vacancies.
This will be done following the retirement of several headteachers and deputies leaving about 3000 vacancies across the country.
The exercise began on 30 August, with qualified and interested candidates required to hand in their applications by 21 September.
According of the memorandum from the dated Sunday, the ministry of education has informed the public that government is seeking to employ a total of 1 318 primary school heads to fill the available vacancies.
The vacancies are distributed as follows: Mashonaland Central (154), Bulawayo (8), Harare (5), Manicaland (247), Matabeleland North (210), Matabeleland South (160), Mashonaland East (171), Mashonaland West (125), Masvingo (109) and Midlands (129).
The government is also set to appoint a total of 532 school heads in secondary schools with Bulawayo (7), Masvingo (10), Matabeleland North (33), Matabeleland South (12) Harare (17), Manicaland (27), Mashonaland Central (5), Mashonaland East (16), Mashonaland West (23) and Midlands (23) all set to get new appointees.
On the other hand 965 deputy primary school heads are set to fill vacant positions while 173 secondary deputy school heads will also get appointed.
The primary schools without school heads in Bulawayo are St Bernard’s, Waterford, Helemu, Lozikeyi, Hope Fountain, Inkanyezi and Mhlali. Deputy school heads will be appointed for St Peters, Khami Prison, Hope, Mazwi, Mafela, Sibantubanye, Mgoqo, Mbuyazwe, Thembisa, Babambeni, Dumezweni, Robert Sinyoka, Henry Low, Kumalo, Fairbridge, Mthombothemba, Kensington, Lochview, Mgiqika, Nketa, King George VI, Sigombe and Gampu primary schools.
Communication and advocacy director for Primary and Secondary Education Mr Taungana Ndoro said the Government was embarking on the recruitment exercise after realisation that there were many vacancies in those positions across the country.
He further said that the Government’s plan to appoint new school custodians would improve standards of learning and consequently pass rates as pupils are set to sit for their national examinations across the country.
“ Several headmasters and deputies are currently in acting position. This appointment is significance because we are making sure that there is binding responding that comes with the role of being a custodian of whatever institution they head”, Ndoro said.
Mr Ndoro further announced that the government is also assessing possible teaching vacancies that needed to be filled.
