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Jubilee government has perfected the art of threats and quick fixes

How the jubilee government has handled the case of teachers strike is a replica of what the past three governments have done with teachers in the past.  It has perfected the arts of threats and quick fixes techniques to end the strike as was used by his predecessors. A therapy that for a long time has left the education sector compromised.

The verdict by the court that the teachers call off their strike for 90 days before a solution is found was a quick fix technique whose impact is likely to take the education sector to its knees. Treating the symptoms has never been a solution to any problem. I am tempted to believe that the courts order for teachers to call of their strike was a result influenced by the President’s National Address on the teachers strike, as the address was filled with lies intended to incite public against teachers that if the pay rise is effected then the taxpayer would be made to dig deeper in their pockets.

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