Increase in unqualified teachers cause for concern: Coltart
Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 3 March 2013 Government has recruited over 22 000 unqualified temporary teachers in a bid to solve the critical shortage of teachers in the country, a situation that is impacting negatively on the overall performance within the education sector. This comes in the backdrop of a very low pass rate
SRC gets tough mandate
News Day 1 March 2013 THE newly appointed Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) board met with Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister Senator David Coltart yesterday where it was presented with its mandate for the three years that it will be in office. Six principal policy objectives and goals for the incoming board were identified,
Teachers blast Coltart
The Herald 1 March 2013 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart has come under fire from teachers for barring them from participating in the referendum set for March 16. Teachers yesterday described Minister Coltart as arrogant and insensitive to the plight of the restive educators. Minister Coltart said teachers should not participate in
High profile boxing matches confirmed
The Herald By Takudzwa Chitsiga 1 March 2013 THREE World Boxing Union-sanctioned matches pitting Zimbabweans against two Zambians and a Ghanaian have now been confirmed. The fights will take place on June 29 in Harare, the WBU confirmed. Monalisa Sibanda will take on WBU female world welterweight champion, Gift Amanua Ankrah of Ghana, while the other
ZRP on the spot over tribalism
News Day By Nduduzo Tshuma 28 February POLICE have to effectively deal with allegations of tribalism leveled against their officers or risk losing the “little†credibility the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)  still has, according to analysts. The comments made yesterday followed reports that Bulawayo Central MP Dorcas Sibanda had filed a complaint with police bosses over the
Coltart outlines six-point plan for new SRC board
The Zimbabwean By Mxolisi Ncube 28 February 2013 David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, recently spelt out the six-point 2013 mandate of the recently appointed Sports and  Recreation Board. The principal policy objectives and goals of the Board include organising Zone VI Youth Games, the Hockey World Series of February 2014, mapping an action
Teachers slam Coltart over referendum
New Zimbabwe 28 February 2013 TEACHERS’ unions have slammed Education Minister David Coltart’s move to block them from working in next month’s referendum saying their members should be allowed to make extra cash since the government refuses to pay them a living wage. Zimbabwe holds a constitutional referendum on March 16 and teachers, who make
Statement Regarding the Release of Teachers for the Referendum
Statement by David Coltart 28 February 2013 Regrettably the Herald has distorted the Ministry of Education’s policy  and what I said regarding deployment of teachers during the referendum by publishing a wholly misleading headline today. At no time did either I or any member of my staff state that there would be a total ban
Zim literacy levels exaggerated: Coltart
Daily News By Nyasha Chingono 27 February 2013 Zimbabwe’s “exaggerated†literacy rate by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has caused complacency leading to lower pass rates and standards in schools, minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart has said. Speaking during a book launch at the Bulawayo Art Gallery recently, Coltart said his ministry had been in
Minister bemoans rising violence
News Day By Nduduzo Tshuma 26 February 2013 MDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart has commended Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s weekend calls for an end to political violence and selective application of the law. Mujuru was speaking at the burial of Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, John Mayowe, at the National Heroes