Fees Can Be Paid in Instalments
The Herald EDITORIAL 10 March 2009 Every Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture faces a dilemma when setting school fees for State schools and considering applications for levies over and above these. He first needs to ensure that the entitlement every Zimbabwean child has to at least 11 years of formal education is a
Former Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Says Country Safe Despite Canadian Concerns
VOA By Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye Washington 10 March 2009 Former Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Kevin Curran said Tuesday that the country poses no health risk to foreign teams following the news that Canada’s team had canceled a scheduled tour later this month citing concerns about the cholera epidemic sweeping the country. Other Western cricket teams have canceled
Zim teachers back at work
The SA Times By Moses Mudzwiti 9 March 2009 Zimbabwe’s month-old unity government has scored a massive coup by persuading nearly all striking teachers to return to work. Last month David Coltart the new education minister promised schooling would be back to normal by today (Monday March 9). Lovemore Matombo the president of the Zimbabwe
Bulawayo team shines at Twenty20 tourney
Sunday News 8 March 2009 Sports Reporter THE Bulawayo team finished unbeaten at the two-day Gray-Nicolls Zimbabwe social cricket tournament, which ended at Queens Sports Club yesterday. Led by Adrian Fairburn and featuring former Zimbabwe internationals Heath Streak, Wayne James, the Rennie brothers John and Gavin, Bulawayo won all their three matches. Last Friday, Bulawayo,
New Terror for Returning Rural Teachers
The Standard By CAIPHAS CHIMHETE 8 March 2009 SOME schools, mainly in rural areas, remain closed after returning teachers were chased away by state security agents and war veterans who accused them of supporting the Movement for Democratic Change. Most of the teachers, who fled their schools in the run–up to the bloody June 27
Open letter to David Coltart
The Standard 8 March 2009 Written by Giyani “Titsha†Moyo of Bulawayo HEARTY congratulations on being appointed Minister of Education Sport, Arts and Culture, arguably the most sensitive and vital after that of the Prime Minister. The ministry is very important because the responsibility of educating our children and the nation building lies solely in
Minister announces fees structure for public schools
New Zimbabwe.com 6 March 2009 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart announced a new school fees structure for public schools on Thursday which will see poorer students pay less or nothing. Pupils enrolled in primary schools in affluent suburbs will pay up to US$150 per term, with their counterparts in high density suburbs paying US$20. Rural schools
Government schools’ tuition fees announced
Herald 6 March 2009 The government has announced tuition fees in government schools for the first and second terms together with ZIMSEC examination fees for 2009. The government has announced tuition fees in government schools for the first and second terms together with ZIMSEC examination fees for 2009. In a statement, the Minister of Education,
Coltart: My main focus is not private schools
Financial Gazette 5 March 2009 By Njabulo Ncube AFTER a year of industrial action, public schools burst into life on Monday following an agreement between government and the two unions representing teachers – the Zimbabwe Teachers Union (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ). The Financial Gazette Political Editor, Njabulo Ncube (NN), sought
Learning resumes at Zimbabwean schools
Zimonline By Patricia Mpofu Wednesday 04 March 2009 HARARE – Learning resumed this week at schools across Zimbabwe as teachers heeded calls by the new unity government to return to work after several months striking for more pay and better working conditions. Education Minister David Coltart, who met teachers’ unions immediately after he was appointed