Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Herald 6 February 2013 Educationists attributed the decline in the Ordinary Level pass rate to lack of motivation on teachers and an increase in untrained teachers that have flooded the education sector. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, however, blamed the drop on an increase in the number of candidates who sat […]

ESPN Cricinfo By Firdose Moonda 6 February 2013 Zimbabwe’s captain Brendan Taylor has labelled it a “step in the wrong direction” that coaching support staff will not travel with the team to the Caribbean for their series against West Indies later this month. A change to the technical structure of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has resulted in smaller […]

New Zimbabwe 5 February 2013 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart on Tuesday blamed the disappointing November 2012 Ordinary Level examination results on the “extreme crisis in education experienced between approximately 2005 and 2009”. Results released on Monday showed 81,6 percent of the 172,698 who sat for the examinations failed to pass at least five subjects with […]

Sunday News By Stanford Chiwanga 3 February 2013 Zimbabwe is set to hold elections this year where the majority of citizens are expected to vote into power a political party that they deem to possess the ideal principles to lead the country into an era of sustained development and harmony. It is a fact that […]

The Standard By Brian Nkiwane 3 February 2013 For the past few weeks I have been closely following what has been happening in the local cricket world where insults and accusations are flying from one end to the other. The war of words that is spreading like a veld fire, moving from print media to […]

The Chronicle By Stephen Mpofu 1 February 2013 After a phenomenal growth which started shortly after independence and has continued over the years, some people with inverted mindsets now want Zimbabwe to lower its flag of triumph in education for reasons best known to themselves. Shame on them! This indictment is directed at the Zimbabwe […]

News Day By Pamela Mhlanga 1 February 2013 THE number of candidates who sat for last year’s Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level examinations increased by almost 50% when compared to the previous year, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has revealed. Coltart said 36 678 students sat for “A” Level examinations […]

The Herald By Robson Sharuko 1 February 2013 ON the eve of the day when the controversial directive on national team selectors comes into effect, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart yesterday shifted his guns to take aim at local journalists who have questioned his move. Zimbabwe Cricket have already advised the Sports […]