Monthly Archives: January 2012

Daily News By Lloyd Mbiba 9 January 2012 Harare - Education minister David Coltart says he cannot stop teachers from joining a looming civil servants’ strike, warning that public schools that open tomorrow face a return to collapse because of government’s failure to pay adequate salaries. Civil servants, of which close to half are teachers, say […]

The Herald By Felex Share 9 January 2012 Government has finished working on new education regulations that will ensure compliance with existing procedures in raising fees or levies in schools. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said the regulations would improve the country’s education system. He said in coming up with the regulations, […]

Sunday News 8 January 2012 The Minster of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has said his ministry will make full use of a new law to flush out all corrupt elements in the administration and use of funds meant for education, in an effort to bring normalcy to the sector. In an interview with the […]

The Standard By Nunurai Jena 8 January 2012 An increasing number of pupils with hearing problems in Mashonaland West province are not attending school due to lack of resources and the absence of specialist teachers, The Standard has heard. Parents and guardians of children with hearing impairments said their children have not been going to […]

RT @KirstyCoventry: I love the ndebele word for swimming. RT @KikI_iNsAnE: Kirsty its kusambira not kushambira…..in ndebele its ukubhu … # Anglican clergy meeting in Zimbabwe stopped by Police on Tuesday. Since when did Christians have to seek permission to pray? Outrageous # Funny old life this – last week Kallis had his first pair […]

Radio VOP 7 January 2012 Government colleges and schools who have been warned against increasing tuition fees have ordered students to bring their own groceries when schools open next week. Earlier this week the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, said there will be no increase in fees structures for all […]

Nehanda Radio By Moses Chamboko 6 January 2012 End of year ministerial appraisals by two independent newspapers made interesting reading. While some ratings sounded correct, others were seemingly way out of sync with general sentiment. In future, it might be a good idea to consult far and wide before circulating these ratings if they are […]

ZimEye 5 January 2012 Education and Sport Minister David Coltart, said that he is now working with other stakeholders, including the Ministry of Finance on modalities of paying a rural allowance. “The matter has been discussed in Cabinet and all the colleagues (ministers) were sympathetic with the rural teachers,” Minister Coltart said. “We agreed that […]

VOA By Violet Gonda 5 January 2012 Union leaders say the government, which has been pleading bankruptcy to avoid giving civil servants a salary hike, is being insincere, especially after agreeing to pay lawmakers $15,000 dollars each in backdated allowances. Teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe have threatened a nationwide strike next week that may prevent schools […]

NewsDay By Bridgette Bugalo 3 January 2012 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture says government will continue to provide free Grade Seven examinations as part of its policy to ensure equal access to education. In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Education minister David Coltart said the review of the examination fees was done […]