Coltart to re-start night school programme
Zimbabwean Written by Fungi Kwaramba Friday, 18 March 2011 HARARE – The ministry of Education, Art, Sport and Culture will soon establish night schools to reduce the debilitating effects of more than a decade of decay in the education sector precipitated by President Robert Mugabe’s ruinous policies. Speaking last week at an electricity commissioning programme
Insufficent budget hinders education Ministry’s operations
www.mediacentrezim.com 18 March 2011 By Gilbert Munetsi THE education ministry is finding it difficult to sustain its operations, as it has to rely on US$63 million out  US$469 million it got from the treasury. The revelations were made by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Senator David Coltart, while responding to a question raised by
Free night school for economic-decline-decade victims
ZimEye.org 17 March 2011 Education, Art, Sport and Culture Minister David Coltart said the government is going to reintroduce night school learning throughout the country in order to assist children who dropped out of school in the past decade of economic decline adding that he had raised the funds to be paid to the teachers
Interview with Zimbabwean Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture
www.globalconversation.org By Danielle Johnstone March 17th, 2011 Senator David Coltart is the current Minister of Education, Sports and Culture in Zimbabwe. In the 1980s, Coltart was keenly involved in campaigning against the colonial Rhodesian Front. He is currently part of the opposition party, MDC, in the Mutambara faction. At one stage, Zimbabwe’s education system was
Statement on Japan earthquake and tsunamis from the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart
Statement by Senator David Coltart 15 March 2011 On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture. I wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the people of Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck parts of Japan last week. The Ministry of  Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has a long
“Mutambara faces arrest”
Newsday By Nqobani Ndlovu 14 March 2011 The Welshman Ncube-led MDC is seeking the arrest of Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on contempt of court charges for his continued representing of the party during the weekly inclusive government principals’ meeting. The party said it would seek Mutambara’s arrest. The MDC said it would also file
Extra lessons cripple education sector
The Herald By Chipo Bewu 14 March 2011 The phenomena of extra lessons by most teachers and schools across the country has crippled our education system like cancer and in the manner exhibited by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The main reason why teachers are demanding pupils to pay for extra lessons is because
Coltart warns war vets
Newsday By Veneranda Langa 12 March 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, minister David Coltart has warned war veterans to desist from entertaining the idea of invading classrooms to teach history because they would face the wrath of the law. Coltart told Parliament during the question-and-answer session in the House of Assembly that the Education
Tsvangirai eyes ‘divorce’ from Mugabe as coalition totters
The Independent UK By Daniel Howden, Africa Correspondent Saturday, 12 March 2011 Zimbabwe’s fragile power-sharing government was on the brink of collapse yesterday with both sides claiming irreconcilable differences and foreign diplomats warning of a spike in political violence. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said the government is “dysfunctional” and called this week for a
Film celebrates success of handicapped band
Newsday 11 March 2011 Following the success of Bulawayo-based Liyana Band in a documentary titled Music by Prudence that won an Oscar last year, the group has come up with a longer version of the award-winning film titled iThemba. The latest documentary premiered at Prince Edward School this week through support from the US Embassy. iThemba,