National Action for Quality Education (NAQEZ) Executive Director, Aaron Chansa, has demanded for better services for teachers involved in marking examination transcripts.
Chansa notes that despite numerous engagements with the Ministry of Education and the Examination Council of Zambia over the past five years, markers have continued to get K150 as daily allowance and are subjected to pathetic hostels.
He complains over what he describes as slavery conditions teachers are exposed to during invigilation and marking of examinations, hence calling on Minster of Education, Douglas Siakalima to address the issue.
Chansa states that it is being inconsiderate for ECZ to give a K150 ;after a teacher marks for the whole day, sometimes from 07hrs to 20hrs, with the said money even paid late sometimes.
He notes that at the moment, teachers have not yet received their allowances for marking the 2022 Grade 12 External exams after doing the work in August.
Chansa submits that to address the issue of accommodation, ECZ must give markers Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA).
He also notes the need to substantially increase the rate per script, saying giving less than K2 per script for grade 9 makers and less than K4 for grade 12 markers is exploitation of teachers.
Chansa further calls on ECZ to start paying some allowance to supervisors and invigilators of national exams, saying running the process is very risky and extremely demanding. This is contained in a report published by Byta FM.