Ministry’s killer directive
Sunday Mail By Lovemore Chikova 11th October 2009 THERE is a joke doing the rounds in Harare these days that a person who buys more beer than others in a beerhall or at a bottle store should be a teacher or a headmaster. The joke emanates from the fact that teachers have suddenly become the
Students Quit Classes – and Country – As Crisis Deepens
IPS By Ignatius Banda 8th October 2009 BULAWAYO, Oct 8 (IPS) – Schooling is increasingly becoming a privilege of the rich, Zimbabwean parents and teachers’ unions complain. The country’s cash-strapped education ministry is charging a fee of 20 U.S. dollars per ‘A-level’ subject to cover costs – but a majority of students have failed to
Coltart Periodically Offside
The Herald By Bhekizulu Sibanda 7 October 2009 OPINION ONE can be forgiven to conclude that the media were instrumental in reversing the examination registration deadline. Was the Ministry of Education going to throw a lifeline to students who had failed to beat the September 25 deadline were it not for the media and public
MDC MPs told not to heckle Mugabe during opening of Parliament
SW RadioAfrica By Violet Gonda 6 October 2009 A rather subdued Robert Mugabe finally opened the Second Session of the Seventh Parliament on Tuesday, where Morgan Tsvangirai was also present at the official opening for the first time as Prime Minister. Several parliamentarians also said that for the first time there were no tensions in
We’ll never be able to pay say rural parents
The Zimbabwean By Privilege Musvanhiri Monday 5 October 2009 HARARE – Parents have expressed mixed feelings on the decision by the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture to extend loans to students who failed to register for November 2009 public examinations. Maidei Chibvongodze, a parent from Harare’s Mufakose suburb said, “I welcome the latest announcement
Too poor to take tests
IRIN 5 October 2009 HARARE, 5 October 2009 (IRIN) – Despite moves to salvage Zimbabwe’s ailing education sector, exorbitant fees are keeping many poor students from writing the examinations that will allow them to gain a school-leaving certificate at the end of 2009. A recent survey by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) revealed
O and A-level exams to be sat in December
Sunday News By Lulu Brenda Harris 4th October 2009 This year’s public examinations are likely to be written as late as December because of printing problems, a Cabinet minister revealed last Thursday. In an interview in Bulawayo, the Minister of Education, Spors, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, said his ministry had only recently engaged
The plight of rural schools
Sunday News By Lulu Brenda Harris 4th October 2009 IN his tour of schools in Bulilima last Wednesday the 30th September 2009, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart came face to face with the brutal reality of decay in rural primary schools. “The tour confirmed what I knew all along
Education, children’s right
Sunday News 4 October 2009 Comment The crisis that faces Zimbabwe’s educational system requires collective wisdom and effort to address. It cannot be left to chance or the whims of individual citizens because it concerns the future of the nation. Children are the future of this country. It is to them (young people) that we
Zanu PF readmits Jonathan Moyo, Attacks Biti and Coltart
Zimbabwe Guardian By Floyd Nkomo Saturday 3 October 2009 THE 226th Ordinary Session of the Zanu PF Politburo has endorsed the application by Professor Jonathan Moyo to rejoin the party. Prof. Moyo is the only independent lawmaker in Zimbabwe’s 210-seat parliament. He represents Tsholotsho North. He is the former Zanu PF Deputy Secretary for Information