The government will maintain the option of having some teachers teach second classes, which means paying overtime, as a way of making up for the shortage of teachers resulting from the financial constraints of hiring new ones.

According to the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, every year more than a million students enter the National Education System for the first time "and this means building more schools and classrooms and hiring teachers".

So far, as he pointed out, the sector is short of around 12,000 teachers, which represents a major challenge, including overloading some teachers.

"The overtime is made up to cover the shortage of teachers at both primary and secondary level. For this year, the plan to hire new teachers has not yet been approved," he told journalists on Tuesday.

Even so, the source cited by NewsHe assured that the conditions are in place for the 2025 school year to start tomorrow throughout the country, despite the difficulties resulting from the destruction of schools during the violent demonstrations and cyclones Chido and Dikeledi.

(Photo DR)