Suffering teachers

TEACHERS are despised, neglected and looked-down upon by their own government.
Teachers are the country’s underprivileged and lowly paid public servants.
The salaries for poor teachers teaching in the country never exceeds a thousand kina, yet, every now and then, we hear and read of deductions in their pay.
When teachers cry to the government for help, they are ignored yet the government is quick to respond to the plea of health workers and other public servants.
The government’s dealing with teachers is unfair and oppressive.
We have to always remember that we are where we are today because of teachers. They taught us things like reading so that we can fill our empty brain with knowledge.
Despite the bad treatment they have been getting, teachers remain faithful and loyal to the government, the people of Papua New Guinea and their profession. They live and serve in some of the remotest parts of the country, where there are no roads and the only way to get there and back is by air.
Where I come from, the only government service we enjoy is education, proof that teachers are working . The government should therefore listen to their cry for help.
While the teachers are suffering, politicians, senior government officials and other public servants continue to enjoy their pay rises and undeserved privileges; why can’t the government do the same for the hard-working teachers?

Konstantinovich Tsiolkolsky
Frustrated Observer