Incentive to teach inherent

The article "Teachers ready to strike" (February 19) was depressing.

A lot was explained by the comment from Sadtu's Mugwena Maluleke about the incentive bonus for teachers being only 1%, not 1.5% as for other public servants. He said teachers "have no incentive to work".

So our teachers have no enthusiasm for their subject and no desire to transfer that to the young, and no interest in encouraging them in extra-mural activities, which might provide an alternative to drink, drugs, porn and sex?

I am sure many teachers have the best interests of their pupils at heart. More so than this comment implies. Of course they would like more money, but not at the cost of their pupils' future wellbeing.