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The department is on a mission to motivate teachers since we had reached the percentage that we targeted which is 70 percent. Now we are thanking those schools for their achievement and the renovations they did in order to put our department on the map. <\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Mali Mtima, Department of Education spokesperson <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that they were trying to motivate and encourage them because there are lot of challenges. According to Mtima, some of the teachers resign due to the challenges they face at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome of the challenges are caused by the behaviour of the teachers, learners and sometimes even parents. Those things result in some of them resigning and leaving, but those who are in the system and always working hard to ensure that we obtain a good percentage and goals should be appreciated.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that it was the first time they had hosted the event, which used to be done via districts. 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