According to reliable sources, the provincial secretary of the CNDD-FDD party in the new province of Burunga, Sylvain Nzikoruriho, forced district directors of education through the provincial director of education, Ernest Ciza, to cancel transfers of all teachers. The measure came last week.

Some teachers who had already moved to the new localities of assignment, say they are victims of misunderstandings between the provincial secretary of the CNDD-FDD and education authorities at the provincial level. They speak of interference.

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The provincial directorate of education in Makamba (southern Burundi) was forced to cancel the transfers of teachers more than a month after the start of the school year.

Teachers can’t believe it.

« We had benefited from the transfers after analysis of the files by the commissions at the DCE* level, then at the DPE* level – some on the basis of medical documents, others on presentation of social cases », teachers deplore after their return to their former posts.

Huge transport costs

Those concerned say they used large resources to move after obtaining transfer letters.

They wonder why education professionals make decisions that are contradicted by the secretary of the CNDD-FDD in Burunga province.

Others say that « they had already prepared lessons for the classes that were established after transfer ».

It all started on October 22 when a message canceling all transfers was sent to the school principals where the teachers had been assigned.

These transfers and appointments had been carried out since September 16, the day the school year started.

A message was sent to all transferred persons to return to their former position as of Monday, October 22.

Some education stakeholders in this province report that this message came from Mr. Nzikoruriho himself.

According to them, this is due to the fact that « the provincial director of education would have issued transfers without the agreement of the party ».

« I cannot accept this disorder », warned Sylvain Nzikoruriho in a meeting of the CNDD-FDD bodies.

A spokesperson for the ministry in charge of education was not available to answer our questions.

DCE*: District Directorate of Education

DPE*: Provincial Directorate of Education

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A locality in Makamba province where teachers were forced to return to their former home posts, the provincial boss of the CNDD-FDD having cancelled the transfers (SOS Médias Burundi)