By Staff Reporter
A strong warning has gone out to Kamuzu Academy teachers in Kasungu over their reported threat to down tools over their unaddressed grievances including appointment of a new headteacher and the general running of the institution.
In a letter this publication has in possession, the school’s Board of Directors have warned that any teacher who tries to be part of this action risks facing serious disciplinary measures.
Reads part of the letter “It is not expected that teachers of higher caliber required to teach at the prestigious Kamuzu Academy can air their grievances and threaten to stage a sit-in (strike) through an anonymous article floated in the social media.”
Among others, the teachers claim the new headteacher does not allow them to go outside school campus before 3:30pm even when they do not have lessons.
They are also protesting against the alleged ban of entertainment activities at the institution.
Kamuzu Academy is a private boarding school in Malawi that was founded by, and named after, the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the former President of Malawi.
Opened its doors in 1975, the school is described by its proponents as “The Eton of Africa”.
