Teachers are once again threatening not to hold special secondary school exams scheduled for students who were unable to take them in December due to the teachers' strike and post-election protests.

The teachers say the condition is that the government pays overtime arrears.

"First they have to pay all the overtime arrears, then we're going to control the special exams, otherwise they'll say we're boycotting the exams, while we're demanding our rights," said Marcos Mulima, spokesman for the National Teachers' Association (Anapro), speaking to DW.

The teachers are also complaining about delays in the payment of overtime for two months of 2022, all of 2023 and all of 2024, as well as a "better framework" in the Single Salary Table (TSU).

Anapro's spokesman said that, in addition to the "special exams", the start of the school year for general, technical and vocational education is also "compromised", threatening a general stoppage of activities until the executive settles the debts.

The Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) has scheduled special exams for January for all 10th and 12th grade students who were unable to take the national exams.