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Govt to re-introduce practical subjects
23 Jun 2014 at 06:58hrs | Views
THE Government is working on re-introducing practical subjects in schools to complement theoretical education already offered, President Mugabe has said.
He was speaking at a mass held in Chishawasha yesterday evening for the late Roman Catholic priest and founder of Silveira House Father John Dove. President Mugabe said ministries such as that of Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education and Vocational, were meant exactly for those reasons.
President Mugabe said no matter how theoretically educated a person could be, without knowledge of practical skills, one was as good as nothing.
"Nekuti fundo yaivepo kare kunyangwe dai yanga iri pasi asi hapana mwanasikana angaite makore manomwe obva asingagone kusona, kurima kana kubika. (Because the education was there in the past even though it was lowly but no girl child should spend seven years then leave without skills like sewing, farming or cooking)," President Mugabe said.
He chronicled how his late sisters Sabina and Bridget were groomed at Silveira before Independence and how his late wife Amai Sally worked with the late Father Dove at Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko.
President Mugabe who was accompanied by Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa invited Silveira House to work with government in re-introducing these subjects in youths.
Fr Dove died on Friday morning at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at the age of 92.
He was speaking at a mass held in Chishawasha yesterday evening for the late Roman Catholic priest and founder of Silveira House Father John Dove. President Mugabe said ministries such as that of Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education and Vocational, were meant exactly for those reasons.
President Mugabe said no matter how theoretically educated a person could be, without knowledge of practical skills, one was as good as nothing.
"Nekuti fundo yaivepo kare kunyangwe dai yanga iri pasi asi hapana mwanasikana angaite makore manomwe obva asingagone kusona, kurima kana kubika. (Because the education was there in the past even though it was lowly but no girl child should spend seven years then leave without skills like sewing, farming or cooking)," President Mugabe said.
He chronicled how his late sisters Sabina and Bridget were groomed at Silveira before Independence and how his late wife Amai Sally worked with the late Father Dove at Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko.
President Mugabe who was accompanied by Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa invited Silveira House to work with government in re-introducing these subjects in youths.
Fr Dove died on Friday morning at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at the age of 92.
Source - Chronicle
