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Grade Zero pupils drop out of school in Mat South
19 Jul 2016 at 06:37hrs | Views
Grade Zero pupils under the Early Childhood Development (ECD) in rural communities in Matabeleland South are walking 20 kilometres a day to school.
This has forced them to drop out of school.
According to provincial education director, Tumisang Thabela children were enrolling for Grade 1 without completing ECD classes.
"In Matabeleland South we have a challenge of children who enrol for Grade 1 without attending ECD classes.
"This is partly because some parents are not forthcoming in sending their children to ECD.
"The distances walked by some children are too long and as a result parents withdraw their children from school in a bid to protect them" she is quoted saying by the Chronicle.
She said Government could not stop children who would not have not gone through ECD from enrolling into Grade One.
This has forced them to drop out of school.
According to provincial education director, Tumisang Thabela children were enrolling for Grade 1 without completing ECD classes.
"This is partly because some parents are not forthcoming in sending their children to ECD.
"The distances walked by some children are too long and as a result parents withdraw their children from school in a bid to protect them" she is quoted saying by the Chronicle.
She said Government could not stop children who would not have not gone through ECD from enrolling into Grade One.
Source - Chronicle
