Inside/Out with Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture
Kubatana 25 January 2013 Kubatana interviewed Senator David Coltart  – Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Describe yourself in five words? Determined, passionate, committed, patriotic, direct. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? To place my trust in the good lord. What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever done? I tried to
‘A’ Level pass rate falls 2 percent
New Zimbabwe  24 January 2013 ZIMBABWE’S Advanced Level pass rate for 2012 marginally dropped to 82.09 percent from 85.2 percent the previous year, statistics released by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) showed Thursday. The number of students who sat for A’ Level exams last year increased by 45.9 percent to 36,678 compared to 2011.
Is Zimbabwe’s education sector on the road to recovery?
IRIN – Humanitarian News and Analysis 24 Janaury 2013 Zimbabwe’s education system, once regarded as the finest on the continent, was a casualty of the country’s economic meltdown in the 2000s, when it nearly collapsed – but lately there have been signs of recovery. The education malaise was widely blamed on hyperinflation, which made teachers’
Tsvangirai shooting self in the foot
News Day By Kholwani Nyathi 23 January 2013 Debate on the need for a united front against Zanu PF in the forthcoming elections has been gaining traction at different platforms in the past few months. MDC president Welshman Ncube, MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti and MDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart are some of the prominent
Bennett’s remarks insensitive
The Chronicle By Dosman Mangisi 21 January 2013 THE recent remarks by self-exiled MDC-T treasurer general Roy Bennett over the death of Vice-President Landa John Nkomo are insensitive and animalistic and expose the former farmer’s bitterness towards Zanu-PF. The utterances he made over the messages of condolence mourning the late liberator, unifier, patriot and peace-maker, VP
Rastafarian case dismissed
The Chronicle 21 January 2013 ACTING Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Meshack Cheda has dismissed an urgent chamber application by a Rastafarian family seeking the reinstatement of its child to a school she was expelled from on religious grounds. Mr Patson Makhiwa, whose 13-year-old daughter was last week expelled from the Seventh Day Adventist-run Bulawayo
Coltart Directive on Selectors Too Late
Sunday News By Mehluli Sibanda 20 January 2013 The recent directive by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Minister David Coltart through the Sports and Recreation Commission that all national teams’ selectors should have at least represented the country at international level has sparked a fierce uproar from those affected. While Coltart’s instruction has noble intentions,
‘Untrained teachers compromising education system’
The Sunday Mail By Itai Mazire 20 January 2013 The recruitment of unqualified school teachers at most State-run learning institutions has begun taking its toll on the education system in Zimbabwe amid revelations that the affected schools are recording poor pass rates. The Government is, however, planÂning to train the teachers as part of measures to
3 000 teachers left jobless
The Chronicle 18 January 2013 HUNDREDS of qualified teachers, who were re-engaged by the Government last year, have been left stranded after their contracts were not renewed this year. An estimated 800 000 pupils are expected to be affected by the development. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) yesterday held a marathon meeting to discuss the
Vice-President John Nkomo dies
News Day By  Philip Chidavaenzi 18 January 2013 Vice-President (VP) John Landa Nkomo died yesterday at a Harare hospital after a long battle with cancer.He was 78. Nkomo had been in and out of hospitals in Zimbabwe and South Africa since last year. “We have lost Vice-President John Landa Nkomo,†President Robert Mugabe told journalists at