No Retreat, No Surrender: Pupils Protesting
Mzuzu, April 6, Mana: Public primary school learners have vowed to continue taking to the streets to curtail teachers’ sit-away emanating from government’s disapproval to pay the teachers Covid-19 risk allowances.
The leaners were speaking Tuesday when they presented a petition to District Education Manager (DEM) for Mzuzu City after demonstrating along the Orton Chirwa Avenue via Mzuzu Court House where they chanted on the veranda forcing staff to close the entrance doors.
About ten uniformed police officers and some in civilian dressing provided security and controlled the learners during the demonstrations.
Presenting a hand written petition on A5 note book paper, Dine Luwazi, 13, who is a Standard 8 learner at one of the schools, said the sit-away was one way of forcing girl children to get married.