Teaching incentives divisive: ZTA
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,
Coltart investigates rot at Plumtree High
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
Teachers to be retrained
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
Get the dog off the sofa
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
Trudy feared ZANU ‘plants’
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
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13
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Evicted Anglican staff back at work
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
“Second chance†programme on the cards: Coltart
The Zimbabwean By Vusimusi Bhebhe 11 November 2011 The government plans to introduce a “second chance†programme to help children and youth forced out of school by political violence return to school or acquire vocational skills to enable them to move on with their lives, Education Minister David Coltart said. Speaking at the launch of
Government to increase basic education funding by 75 percent in 2012
The Chronicle 9 November 2011 Zimbabwe will endeavour to increase Government funding for basic education by 75 percent from US$469 million this year to US$822 million, benefiting more than four million young learners, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday. In a speech delivered in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the Zimbabwe Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Minister of
Zimbabwe’s Global Partnership for Education
Global Partnership for Education in Copenhagen Speech by David Coltart 8 November 2011 Zimbabwe shares the GPE’s vision of quality Education for All and seeks to nurture robust, international partnerships to achieve this vision for the children of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe developed one of Africa’s finest education systems in the 1980s and boasts one of the