We can no longer pay your salaries."Catholic Education Secretary to teachers

Catholic school teachers in the Buea diocese have not received their salaries for the month of March. This follows a release by the Catholic Education Secretary, Rev. Fr. Alexander Nougi Sob wrote to its teachers, informing them that from the month of March, they will not be able to pay their salaries.

This decision comes in the wake of the 'No-School' strike orchestrated by teachers in the two Anglophone regions since Nov. 21st 2016, that has paralysed schools.

The release stated that catholic schools were running out of cash as many pupils and students had not paid or completed their school fees. Also subventions from government which is a major source of income has not come for this year. It is for this reasons that the church has announced it won't be able to pay salaries.

The decision is a huge blow to hundreds of teachers in the diocese who rely on their pay package which sometimes can't take them home.

Critics have slammed the diocese for the move arguing that the church has other sources of income to take care of its teachers. And so it's not a solid reason to deprive teachers of their salaries who are out of school in solidarity with the plight rocking the anglophone system of education.

Some the teachers have confided to Camcord that they are forced to turn to farming or business in order to make ends meet.