UK gives $35 million for orphan care
Zimbabwean 29 September 2011 The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has committed $35 million towards the implementation of the government’s National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. The Action Plan, launched by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare last week, aims to improve the plight of the poorest and most vulnerable children in
‘Promoted’ teachers, headmasters ordered back to the classroom
Newsday By Silas Nkala 29 September 2011 A recent directive by the Public Service Commission (PSC) for all senior Education officials who had assumed temporary administrative duties to revert back to their original work stations, has reportedly triggered a serious staffing crisis at the country’s district and provincial offices. Between 2006 and 2009, government reassigned
Zifa deserves thumbs up on Asiagate probe
Newsday 29 September 2011 For the past four years, Zifa has been in the limelight for the wrong reasons. The previous board, led by Wellington Nyatanga, proved powerless to run the game and stands accused of allegedly selling the soul of the nation through match- fixing. This is the scourge that has affected football since
Government to set up teachers’ council
Daily News                            By Chengetai Zvauya      29 September 2011 Harare – Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart says government intends to set up a professional teachers’ council to administer the welfare of the teachers and improve their professional conduct. Coltart told the Daily News that his ministry was hoping
Government, teachers strike pay deal
Herald                       Wednesday, 28 September 2011 By Felex Share GOVERNMENT and teachers’ unions met in Harare yesterday and agreed that parents and guardians continue paying incentives to the educators until a solution is hammered. The two parties agreed to convene an urgent all-stakeholders’ conference to determine whether or not to entirely abolish the incentives. The conference is slated
Coltart says teacher’s incentives a ‘necessary evil’ for now
SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 28 September 2011 Education Minister Senator David Coltart has told SW Radio Africa that the controversial system of teacher’s incentives was a ‘necessary evil’ needed to stabilize the education sector. Coltart says when he took over in 2009, teachers were paid a pittance and there was total chaos in
Teachers incentives to stay
Newsday By Chief Reporter 28 September 2011 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture and teachers’ unions have agreed to keep teachers’ incentives in place until an all stakeholders’ workshop is held next month. Education minister David Coltart last night said the parties agreed the issue was complex and needed the input of other
Deal struck on teachers’ incentives
Newsdzezimbabwe 28 September 2011 GOVERNMENT and teachers’ unions met in Harare yesterday and agreed that parents and guardians continue paying incentives to the educators until a solution is hammered. The two parties agreed to convene an urgent all-stakeholders’ conference to determine whether or not to entirely abolish the incentives. The conference is slated for October
All our politicians need is love: Biti
Sunday Independent By Peta Thornycroft 28 September 2011 When Tendai Biti quips that he is a finance minister without any “financeâ€, his audience in a church hall in Harare nodded and smiled. They knew that when Biti went into the treasury for the first time as finance minister in 2009 he found his Zanu PF
Zimbabwe Education Minister, Unions, Agree Incentive System Unsustainable
VOA By Sithandekile Mhlanga in Washington 27 September 2011 Education Minister Coltart called the meeting after union leaders blamed him for maintaining a policy that produced inequality among teachers as those in rural areas do not receive incentives, and some parents can’t afford them Coltart said he hoped the stakeholders meeting on incentives will make recommendations