Zimbabwe education slides back into chaos
16 September 2009 By Nqobizitha Khumalo Zimonline BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe’s education system that had shown signs of recovery is quickly sliding back to chaos because of a teachers’ strike that has crippled learning at public schools that reopened only six months ago after a new power-sharing government came into office. The most crucial and final
Unicef heads £42m Zimbabwe schools initiative
Charity Aids Foundation 16th September 2009 Unicef has unveiled a £42 million partnership to secure quality education for children in Zimbabwe. Collaborating with the UK and Zimbabwean governments, the charity hopes the money will be channelled into supporting more than 700,000 young people with high standards of teaching and classroom supplies such as textbooks. A
National Education Advisory Board : Report on the Stakeholders Cconference:
REPORT ON THE STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE: RAPID ASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Monday 14.09.09 at Prince Edward School The Stakeholders Conference on the Board’s Report on the Rapid Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education was well attended by Ministry officials, Board members and some partners, but unfortunately it clashed with the launch of the Education
Striking Teachers will not get salaries
15 September 2009 The Zimbabwe Telegraph By Gertrude Gumede ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Teachers will not get their October salaries if they continue with the strike, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, won Tuesday. Coltart said the teachers would get this month’s salaries but risked being scratched from next month’s payroll
US $70 Million Education Fund launched
15 September 2009 The Herald Harare — Government in conjunction with Unicef and some international donors yesterday unveiled a US$70 million fund under the Educational Transition Fund to revitalise the Basic Education Assistance Module. The programme is meant to ensure access to quality education by all underprivileged schoolchildren. The funds will see school fees being
Zimbabwe deal leads to few changes for pupils
15 September 2009 AP HIGHFIELD, Zimbabwe — Stinking waste flows into the yard from the classroom toilets of B Block. Teachers hold lessons in the shade of trees outside: Much of the schoolroom furniture is piled into heaps of broken wood. Mutasa junior school was once the pride of this teeming impoverished township in western
Rapid Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education
The Zimbabwean 15 September 2009 The National Education Advisory Board, appointed in March this year, released its “Report on the Rapid Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe†yesterday at a Stakeholders Conference held at Prince Edward School, Harare. (Pictured: The Stakeholders in hall) The Assessment was funded by the European Commission, represented at
UNICEF and partners launch massive effort to reinvigorate Zimbabwe’s schools
14 September 2009 Unicef.org UNICEF and its partners are launching a massive campaign in Zimbabwe to get textbooks into school classrooms. In one of the largest social initiatives of the past five years, the Educational Transition Fund announced today that it is spending $70 million on the initiative. Its goal is to ensure that all
UNICEF avails US$70m to Zimbabwe education sector
14 September 2009 Zimonline HARARE – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday availed US$70 million to Zimbabwe’s under-funded education sector that is currently reeling under a two-week-old strike by teachers across the country. “The government of Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the international donor community today unveiled a US$70 million partnership
Unicef give US$ 70 million to Zimbabwe education
14 September 2009 Radio VOP Harare, September 14, 2009 -Education, Sports and Culture David Coltart on Monday appealed to the government to allocate more resources to the education sector as the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Monday availed 70 US million dollars to Zimbabwe schools. Speaking at the launch of the Unicef’s 70 US