The Citizen: Teachers back strike plan
Teachers in Morogoro region have defended the decision by the Tanzania Teachers Union (TTA) to stage a countrywide strike over the Government’s failure to pay their new arrears.
Both primary and secondary school teachers sided with the union saying it was the only remaining option to have their demands met.
According to them, the government is yet to pay about 156,000 teachers countrywide a total of Sh16.4 billion in salary arrears and other benefits.