Harare  - Zimbabwean teachers will report for work when the country's new term starts on Tuesday, despite no deal having been reached on pay, teachers' representatives said Monday.

The teachers had vowed to go on strike if their monthly salaries were not increased to 454 US dollars-per-month by Monday.

Raymond Majongwe, Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe said that "we have reason to believe in the efforts being led by (Education Minister David) Coltart."

"We have hope that the visits that are being made to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the World Bank, and donors by members of this government are meant to solve this problem," he added.

Meanwhile, Coltart told reporters Monday that marking of last year's school examinations in Zimbabwe had ground to a halt because the government had failed to raise the
3.1 million dollars needed to pay for the task.

"I deeply regret this unacceptable situation," Coltart said.

"We have not secured the funds from the international donors including UNESCO," the minister added.

The IMF said on Monday that Zimbabwe required at least 200 million US dollars in budgetary support, and between 200 and 300 million US dollars for humanitarian assistance in the areas of food relief, health and education. (dpa)