Educators in the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture as well as those in the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education ( Teacher Education and Polytechnics) are employees of the Public Service Commission. These are currently being paid a pittance as a salary and this has negatively affected morale as well as service provision.
In light of this, the Ministry of Education has allowed schools to provide incentives (monetary and otherwise) for teachers to motivate and retain them. While this has motivated teachers to some extent, it has demotivated lecturers in colleges as their parent ministry has not done the same and does not seem to intend to do so in the foreseeable future. It then lies with individual institutions to come up with their own schemes to ensure that lecturers continue reporting for work and diligently doing their work.
United College of Education has to a limited extent tried to do something which can still be improved on . At the moment the college provides transport for its staff members from the city centre to the college. Furthermore, lunch is provided for all members on Wednesdays as students have to come to college for project supervision. While this is a noble attempt it is not enough and more needs to be done and can be done. Lecturers need more than food and free transport, they have families to take care of as well as bills and rates to pay.
The college hires out its facilities to organizations such as ZIMSEC for marking and is a favourite conference venue for many church organisations. Funds raised from such ventures can then be paid to staff to motivate them.
It is important to remember that an employee is the most important PR person in an organisation and conveys the organisation's image.
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