Agenda to destroy Ndebele language

Teachers from outside Matabeleland who can't speak Ndebele language deployed in Infant & primary schools in Bulawayo.

How and why should this happen unless there is an agenda to destroy Ndebele language. I know people with no morals and principles will call my post tribalistic. Its always the case with our people when we raise issues affecting Matabeleland we are labelled as tribalists.

I dont care anymore because this is rubbish. How is the government allowing the deployment of non Ndebele speakers to teach infants and primary school children in Bulawayo? l wouldn't want non Shona speaking teachers to be deployed to teach infants and primary school children in Mashonaland.

It's common sense that young children need to be introduced to early learning using their mother tongue. The ministry of education should know mother tongue is the preferred medium of communication and instruction for preschool children at home and in school.

The government should appreciate the importance of the mother tongue, with reasons including the promoting of cultural identity, the easy understanding of concepts and for effective communication. No issue with Shona teachers who speak Ndebele language. It's not about a person but language.

The government should reverse this appointment of primary school teachers who cant speak local languages wherever they are deployed in Zimbabwe. The use of mother tongue at home and school enhances children's connection to their family, relatives, culture, history and identity. If the teacher starts rambling in a language they don't understand, the children will just get nervous and shut down. This is not helpful but a violation of children's right to education, human rights, cultural and language rights.

The government is busy talking about devolution? Is this devolution when you suppress local qualified teachers deploying them to rural areas and then bringing outsiders to teach in Bulawayo.

There are plenty qualified teachers for infant & primary schools in Bulawayo, most of them jobless but outsiders given jobs in the city.

Surely as Zimbabweans we should not agree to this. This lame and insensitive decision by the ministry of education is what causes division, resentment and anger amongst our people.

Its not about Ndebele/Shona, its about language used in teaching young children in their early years in School. We simple need a fair, just and equitable system. Zimbabwe is for everyone.