Monthly Archives: November 2011

VOA By Tatenda Gumbo 22 November 2011 Progressive Teachers Union President Takavafira Zhou said the PTUZ is telling schools and administrators facing violence to stop teaching to focus attention on the need for the government to protect them. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe says violence against teachers and school administrators has escalated with alleged […]

NewsDay By Veneranda Langa 17 November 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart on Wednesday told Parliament government would soon roll out 6 711 462 secondary school textbooks worth $8 322 505 under its Educational Trust Fund. Coltart said the programme was aimed at ensuring each student had unfettered access to study material […]

The Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 15 November 2011 Changing the country’s history curriculum is not going to happen soon as there are many factors involved in the process, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, has said. The statement comes amid criticism from Mafela Trust, a non-governmental organisation, that the recorded […]

The Zimbabwewan By Paul Ndlovu 15 November 2011 Incentives are causing divisions in the teaching fraternity and could likely lead to the demise of the high quality education standards in the country, an official has said. Zimbabwe Teachers Association president, who is also chairperson of the civil servants representative body, the Apex council, Tendai Chikowore, […]

NewsDay By Silas Nkala 15 November 2011 Government has said it will soon dispatch a probe team to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration at Plumtree High School following reports the school had accumulated debts of over $75 000 to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa). Parents recently […]

The Chronicle 14 November 2011 The Government will next year introduce a retraining programme for all the teachers in the country so that they keep up with prevailing trends in the profession, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, said yesterday. The retraining is part of proposed education sector reforms that would […]

supersport.com By Neil Manthorp 14th November 2011 I first met him when he was still playing first-class cricket and our paths crossed in press boxes and commentary boxes on a regular basis for the next 23 years. For a long time, like many of his colleagues both on and off the field, I was intimidated […]

Zimbabwean Metro 14 November 2011 HARARE — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was as ripped by serious divisions and suspicions as President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU- PF, Wikileaks cables from 2001 to 2005 show. Local U.S. diplomats learnt of the chaos, infighting and poor organisational framework of the then opposition party after meeting […]

In a cool and dark Copenhagen for Global Partnership for Education meeting – hoping to secure more funding for #Zimbabwe #039;s education sector # The Good, the Bad and the Odd http://t.co/L7OPlrn6 # Encouraging @KRuddMP video at opening of Global Partnership for Education: Australia making education international development aid priority # About to deliver Zimbabwe's […]

NewsDay By Feluna Nleya 11 November 2011 CHIVHU — Evicted teachers and staff members from two Anglican Church-run schools in Chivhu and Mhondoro are back at work following High Court and Education Ministry rulings in their favour. Six teachers from Daramombe Secondary and Primary schools and five from St Mark’s in Mhondoro were this week […]