Teachers abandon school after 'rain of stones'

TEACHERS at Musita Primary School, Masakadza area in Gokwe North, have reportedly fled the school after their homes were mysteriously pelted with stones at night. The teachers, whose school is...

Schools collapse as council cancels school fees payments

Primary and Secondary schools under the auspices of the Nkayi Rural District Council are facing severe operational problems as a result of the local authority's decision to cancel all outstanding ...

School closes as irate students riot

IRATE Mutambara High School students in Chimanimani recently took matters into their own hands, destroying property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in protests over alleged corruption and poor ...

Pupil (8) drowns in swimming pool, school admits negligence

A GWERU school has admitted negligence after an eight-year-old pupil drowned in the swimming pool, the Chronicle reported.Idah Nyabeze, the headmistress of Cecil John Rhodes Primary School, t...

Grade 1 pupils hit with huge sticks - WhatsApp update

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Mzilikazi dethrone Gifford

THREE time Copa Coca-Cola national champions Mzilikazi earned the right to represent Bulawayo at the national finals in Harare next month when they defeated Gifford, who were champions last year 2-0 i...

Boy hospitalised for 7 months after being stoned by School mates

A 15-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho Secondary Schoolboy is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals with severe head injuries sustained after he was stoned by his mates during a row.Doctors fea...

Govt to re-introduce practical subjects

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 Chish...

Zimbabwe needs 2 500 new schools

THE country needs about 2 500 new schools to adequately cover the shortage and give a wholesome improvement to the learning environment, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Pa...

Choppies teams up with schools, clean up Nkulumane

CHOPPIES supermarket, Nkulumane branch has embarked on a massive clean-up campaign in the suburb in a bid to promote a clean and healthy lifestyle in the neighbourhood.The clean-up campaign w...

Bulawayo teen becomes new Child President

Bulawayo-based teenager Nhlanhla Moyo of Hamilton High School was elected Zimbabwe's Child President on Thursday after outpolling nine candidates at the Harare Institute of Technology.Moyo ta...

School kid dies in R Mugabe road accident - WhatApp update

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Mysterious fire burns down headmaster's house

SCHOOL authorities and students at Hartzell High School are still to come to terms with the mysterious fire which razed their school head's house last week, destroying property worth over $60 000. ...

'Umbalisi kaphasi kaphathi kahle abantwana' - whatsApp update

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Govt probes defiant teachers

The Government has vowed to punish schools and teachers that are defying its directive to stop conducting extra lessons, which, authorities say, tutors are vigorously pursuing at the expense of norma...

CCTVs at Girls High cause stir

The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has criticised authorities at Girls High School in Harare for the recent installation of $68 000 CCTVs in classrooms, saying the exercise was meant to...

'Black Jesus' sues Catholic school

CONTROVERSIAL war veteran Francis Zimuto, who calls himself Black Jesus, is suing the Catholic Church-run Gokomere High School for $63 000 for turning away his Form 4 son over failure to pay fees....

Govt bans corporal punishment at schools

GOVERNMENT has banned corporal punishment at schools and warned teachers to stop the practice.Deputy Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima told Parliament last week that admini...

Three pupils die in kombi crash

Three Seula Secondary School pupils died on the spot  when this kombi they were travelling on got involved in an accident at Kezi Business Centre on Friday afternoon (May 23). Other ...

Schools suing parents over non-payment of fees

SCHOOLS have started suing parents over non-payment of fees after the government gave them the green light to seek legal recourse on fees defaulters. The Minister of Primary and Secondary Educ...

Zim degrees, diplomas under scrutiny

A BILL to monitor the quality of degrees and diplomas offered by the country's various educational institutions is on the cards, a senior government official has said.Higher and Tertiary Educ...

Half of Zimbabwe's population has never been to school

HALF of Zimbabwe's population of 13 million people has never been to school despite the country boasting of a 96 percent literacy rate, one of the highest in the World, according to the 2012 census r...

Education officials in Matabeleland express optimism

Education officials in Matabeleland have expressed optimism that the second school term which starts today would run smoothly as schools had been adequately staffed. Bulawayo provincial educat...

School bars students over unpaid fees

SOME students from Thekwane High School in Plumtree were yesterday barred from boarding the bus taking them to school for the opening of the second term today due to non-payment of fees.The sc...

It's back to school

Parents have been making a last minute rush in preparation for the opening of schools for the 2nd term.Retail outlets in the Harare central business district and other s...

30 pupils from same school go on maternity leave in just one term

Thirty pupils at Kaoma High School in Zambia have gone on maternity leave in the first term of this year alone.Head teacher Jonathan Mukenge said ten pupils who had come from basic schools hav...

High school lover letters

** MAY THE RECEIVER BE THE OPENER **** ROLL DOWN TO YOU  ** KISS BEFORE YOU READ** " P D N F"--- please do no fold  ** Roll down to you sweetiepie Babe!Time and abi...

Nigeria president in abducted schoolgirls plea

President Goodluck Jonathan seeks international help to find 276 girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram fighters.Nigeria's President has appealed for international help to find, and ensure th...

Govt bans Form One entrance tests

AT anything up to $50 per head, and attracting as many as 2,500 pupils battling for places at the most sought after schools, Form One entrance tests had become a huge money spinner for most secondary ...

Extra lessons ban backfires

Parents with school-going children have accused the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education of trying to reverse the gains made in the sector by banning extra lessons and incentives for teachers....

'Extra lessons are the engine behind good results in Zim' - WhatsApp update

11:44am, 23 Apr - ‪+263 7* *** ****‬: Extra lessons are the engine behind good results in Zimbabwe.Conventional lessons are marred with impediments...

'I wasted time at school,' says Tuku

Music superstar Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi bemoans the time he wasted pursuing academic studies that he had no passion for.The 62 year old internationally recognised music icon who has just return...

Coghlan Primary students refuse to learn in Shona

Grade Four (4) students at Coghlan Primary school in Bulawayo are reportedly being taught by a Shona speaking Student Teacher on teaching practice and have hence could not learn properly. Repo...

Exams centre fee scandal

Emmerson NjanjamangeziPrivate colleges and government schools are ripping off helpless and unsuspecting students and parents through overcharging Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) cen...

Eveline High School faces closure

Eveline Girls High School in Bulawayo is facing closure as it is operating without potable water after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) disconnected supplies to the government institution over a $500 ...

Mismanagement of funds at Umguza Primary School

Byo24 there is gross mismanagement of public funds at Umguza Primary School in Byo. School accounts are being updated using pencil. Currently the school cleck is on suspension but the head is continui...

Bulawayo schools using wrong syllabus

A NUMBER of O-level pupils in Bulawayo are at risk of failing June and November Literature in English examinations as they are reading the wrong set books, this paper can exclusively reveal....

Govt outlaws extra lesson for school kids

The education minister also revealed that his ministry had outlawed the holding of holiday and extra lessons in all primary and secondary schools.He said a circular noti...

Zim schools to get buses from China

GOVERNMENT has entered into a multi-million-dollar deal with China which will see local primary and secondary schools purchasing buses on credit from a Chinese bus manufacturing company, a Cabine...

Woman jailed for sending kids to better school

USA - An Ohio mother's attempt to provide her daughters with a better education landed her behind bars.Kelley Williams-Bolar was in 2011 convicted of lying about her residency to get her daug...

Zimbabwe to review schools curricula

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says it is reviewing the schools curricula, with a bias on the country's history and aspirations to uphold national values from early childhood developm...

'Stupid' minister defends high failure rate in Matabeleland

THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora, has defended examination performances by schools in Matabeleland saying the region was on the positive track. Only 10 second...

No leniency on exam cheats

Government will not be lenient on the 680 candidates from nine schools in the Midlands who were linked to the leaking of two Ordinary Level examination question papers last year, a Cabinet Minister sa...

Headmaster dismissed over poor results

THE headmaster of Thornhill Primary School in Chatsworth, Gutu, has allegedly been transferred or dismissed from work altogether over poor examination results.James Munyaradzi allegedly gave i...

'Head turned girls school into shebeen'

The former Eveline High School head, Rosemary Moyo, implicated in the $1 million fraud scandal, has been accused of turning the government school into a 'shebeen' as she allegedly sold alcohol to stud...

Mugabe officially opens school named after his late sister

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday officially opened a secondary school in Zvimba South constituency named after his late sister and national heroine, Sabina Mugabe (pictured right), who died on July 29, 201...

'I can not follow my dream in my own country' - WhatsApp update

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Parent complains about Mzinyathini High School - WhatsApp update

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Dad bashes son over poor school results

AN allegedly abusive Gwanda man has been brought before the courts to answer charges of physically abusing his 14-year-old Grade Five son over poor results.Abdala Mwamadi (44) of Flat 6A Spit...

Parent unhappy with JZ Moyo high - WhatsApp update

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