Monthly Archives: September 2010
Pilots strike grounds Coltart
Newsday By Mernat Mafirakurewa 16 September 2010 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, David Coltart, missed Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting following the late cancellation of an Air Zimbabwe flight from Bulawayo to Harare because of the strike by Air Zimbabwe pilots. Other Cabinet ministers had to make alternative arrangements to make it to the meeting. Air […]
Education strategic plan approved
The Herald 16 September 2010 Government has approved an education strategic plan to improve teachers’ salaries and working conditions, a Cabinet minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said Cabinet approved the plan on Tuesday. “Its main focus is to uplift the general status of teachers, not just their salaries but […]
Zimbabwe Education Ministry Clarifies Policy on Pregnant Students
VOA By Tatenda Gumbo 15 September 2010 The Zimbabwean Education minister said the law says school children may be suspended, excluded or expelled from school for misconduct, but an exception can be made in the case of girls who become pregnant Zimbabwean Education Minister David Coltart said Wednesday that the government will maintain its its […]
Government Steps in on Ground Levies
Herald By Petros Kausiyo 15 September 2010 Harare — Government has stepped in to try and find a lasting solution to differences between councils and domestic football over the city fathers’ crippling ground levies, which have left clubs struggling for viability in a tough operating environment. Premiership clubs have over the years been crying foul […]
Ireland, New Zealand praised for Zimbabwe tours
Dominion Post New Zealand By Enock Muchingo AP 15 September 2010 Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister David Coltart has applauded the cricket boards of Ireland and New Zealand for agreeing to send teams to the country. Ireland will play three ODIs against the full Zimbabwe team in addition to an Intercontinental Cup match against the hosts’ second-string […]
Zimbabwe rugby: Is it just about talent exodus or something else?
Manica Post 13 September 2010 By Ngoni Dapira GREETINGS sports lovers. This week the commentry box will look into the world of Zimbabwean rugby and how the gentlemans game is a possible torch bearer that could hoist the country and place it on the map of sporting ‘power house’ nations like neighbouring South Africa. Zimbabwe […]
Government warned to bring Sanity in the Education Sector as Schools/ Colleges open
The Zimbabwe Telegraph By Gertrude Gumede 13 September 2010 The Zimbabwe National Students union (ZINASU) would like to warn the government of Zimbabwe on the occasion, of the beginning of this schools term/semester to revise tuition fees downwards and bring to an end, the general chaotic situation in the education sector. The opening of schools […]
Massive project to get Zimbabwe’s education back on track
Sunday Times (South Africa) 12 September 2010 The unity government, the international donor community and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) this week launched a massive nationwide programme to get education back on track in Zimbabwe. Once commended worldwide for its education policy, Zimbabwe’s education sector all but collapsed as President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF’s […]
Education gets top billing
Sunday Mail 12 September 2010 Sunday Mail Reporter THE Government identified education as a high priority area for 2011 and has adopted a strategic plan to improve the welfare of teachers and to ensure that marginalised children have access to education. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart last week confirmed that Cabinet […]
A book for every Primary school student
www.Askaboutwriting.net 11 September 2010 A major distribution of school supplies began on September 8, 2010 across Zimbabwe The initiative was organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and international donors to ensure that every primary school student received a textbook for all core subjects. As many as 10 pupils currently share every text book: while […]