Exactly!!! Holiday time belongs to the employer, not the employee. It's only that the government cannot get them anything meaningful to do during that period. Now they have! Teachers are entitled to 21 days leave like everybody else. Just because they are paid for doing nothing during the [other] holidays, they should not expect to be paid MORE when there is work to do. They will recieve a salary in August, November and December! Actually if I was a policy maker, teachers would be teaching adult classes during the holidays at no extra salary. Anyone who doesn't want to teach takes leave - subject to the usual 21 days annual limit. If they require any additional training to deal with 'gumbaru' students, I would gladly facilitate it. That way we have a more literate population and less idle/drunk teachers!!

Ditto.They should be deducted the pay for all those years they didnt sign the attendance register during the holidays.

Then the government can go slow on paying them! Reminds me of a fellow who was doing his own things and when he sees the boss he pretends he is working. The boss told him "You pretend to work, I pretend to pay!"

How is it not true?

Which reminds me, why exactly was this department previously placed under the culture & social services ministry when education is its proper and natural home? I hope this was remedied in the new dispensation.