And with all 170 General Assembly seats up for election in November, the union will also be working on organizing and laying the groundwork for pro-teacher election victories this summer.
Sajida Pir Muhammad, a high school teacher and election supervisor, grew angry when asked why turnout was low.
For Javier Sukojayo, 40, a teacher, the election could signal a transformation of Bolivia into a country where the poor have more say.
Payne it was who gave us Matthew Broderick's bullied teacher in Election, Jack Nicholson's glum retiree in About Schmidt and Paul Giamatti's depressed wine-bibber in Sideways.
Think of the high school candidate for student body president deflowered by a teacher in "Election" or the bored mom who conducts a torrid affair with a stay-at-home dad in "Little Children".
In a conflict that has penetrated ever deeper into Zimbabwe's social fabric, the party has focused on a growing roster of groups that elude its direct control — a list that includes the Anglican diocese of Harare, as well as charitable and civic organizations, trade unions, teachers, independent election monitors and the political opposition.
It followed information session for parents, children and teachers on election guidelines and campaigns.
Children at a London primary school will be given a chance to become head teacher during general election week in a new CBBC programme Vote for Me.
Joan Beaver, a now retired Stillwater high school teacher, recalled the election as heralding a shift in the town away from smalltown moderate Republicanism towards more extreme rightwing thought.
There was a strong message to teachers during the election campaign that there would be more bedding in and less uprooting.
Ilter, a 72-year-old retired teacher, said the elections were once again all about the president.
