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Children learning in animal shelter
CHILDREN in resettlement areas are still learning under deplorable conditions, including tobacco barns and animal shelters, Primary and Secondary Educ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1109 | by Staff Reporter
Govt nullifies school fees hike
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered that all school fees increases by private schools for next year are null and void, as they...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 10:53hrs | 2813 | by Staff Reporter
Plea for water at rural schools
MATABELELAND South Provincial Education Director (PED) Mr Lifias Masukume is appealing to well-wishers to supply teachers with water at rural schools ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:33hrs | 345 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa awarded honorary PhD at NUST
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was yesterday awarded an honorary Doctorate degree in the Philosophy of Education (Honoris Causa) by the National University of Sc...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1399 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt to establish smart classrooms in schools
GOVERNMENT seeks to establish smart classrooms in primary schools in the country to promote a sustainable computer education programme in the institut...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 370 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gets second honorary PhD
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has awarded President Emmerson Mnangagwa with an honorary doctorate in technology in its on going graduation ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1369 | by Ndou Paul
Nust students protest over 700% increase in graduation fees
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students, who are expecting to graduate on November 8, have petitioned their administration over ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1205 | by Staff Reporter
How to improve academic performance with proper time management
How to Improve Academic Performance with Proper Time Management I am sure that you have at least once encountered a situation where you would like to ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:37hrs | 531 | by Staff Writer
June O-Level pass rate drops
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) recorded a pass rate decrease in June Ordinary Level examinations, while Advanced Level pass rate we...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 3516 | by Staff Reporter
Mliswa praises ZNA efforts
Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has applauded the Zimbabwe National Army for handing over two new classr...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:15hrs | 3283 | by Staff Reporter
Which major to choose in case one does not want to serve in the Brazilian army?
In Brazil, it is compulsory for every male citizen to enlist in the army as soon as you are 18 years old. However, it does not necessarily mean that y...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 15:34hrs | 2070 | by Staff Reporter
Chiredzi facing shortage of schools
CHIREDZI urban is facing a shortage of schools with hundreds of pupils failing to enrol for Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Grade 1 every year. ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 06:56hrs | 418 | by Staff Reporter
MSU lectures strike midway through exam marking
Midlands State University lecturers have gone on strike midway through marking examination scripts citing the depreciation of their salaries.I...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 19:19hrs | 5843 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers desert classrooms in protest against under-payment
Today is day one of phase 2 of teachers' job action against slave wages. The day coincides with Teachers' June pay day. The peanuts received by teache...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:53hrs | 5484 | by ARTUZ
How to study anywhere and anytime to improve your career
You may be at a point in your career where you need more skills and expertise to progress, or where you simply want to build on your skills in order t...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 14:57hrs | 1648 | by Staff Writer
The theory and practice of educational games as a means to promote better education
When educators and parents think about games, they see them as tools of distraction. They instantly imagine kids glued down to their smartphones, payi...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1690 | by William Steward
Best ways to keep studying without feeling bored and tired
Almost every student experiences a difficult time keeping up with study at one point of time in their life. This is especially possible when the subje...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 4258 | by Stephanie Ward
Luveve High School maintains prestigious standards
RATED among the best schools and with a current Advanced (A) Level pass rate of 77 percent, Luveve High School in Bulawayo has managed to maintain its...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3396 | by Staff Reporter
Vocational training for Bulawayo women and girls
Inspire Women and Children is excited to announce that its long-anticipated inaugural vocational training school will commence on Monday the 7th of Ja...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 2650 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe government introduces free education
Government schools will next year begin offering free basic education, while corporal punishment will be abolished in terms of a new law that is set t...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:45hrs | 7121 | by Staff Reporter
NUST: Foreign students to pay fees in forex
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) is now demanding fees in foreign currency from foreign students studying at the institution of hi...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:38hrs | 1668 | by Staff Reporter
It's dangerous for schools to collect exam papers on day of writing
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said the move by Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) to say in order to prevent exami...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1042 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa caps 1 567 Chinhoyi University of Technology graduates
President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 1 567 graduates at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT). In his address at the institution's 14th graduation c...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:12hrs | 1143 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to increase number of post O Level- A- Level students in Higher and Tertiary education
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technology Development Amon Murwira has said one of their key policies called inclusive educ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2771 | by Stephen Jakes
Schools competition postponed due to cholera
The ministry of Primary and Secondary Education last week postponed the National Annual Science Sports and Arts festival due to cholera outbreak in so...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | 200 | by Stephen Jakes
Parent involvement helps students to do well
To date, quality education has become one of the important points in the development of a social individual. But no one is born with good academic ski...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1469 | by Agencies
O'level June results out
The ZIMSEC June 2018 Ordinary level examination results are out.In a statement to the ZBC News, ZIMSEC Board Chairperson, Professor Eddie Mwen...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 19:00hrs | 3559 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa launches students loan facility
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched three inter-linked programmes namely the Student Loan, Infrastructure Development and Information...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 18:12hrs | 2284 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North to have teachers' training college
THE Government will soon turn Ntabazinduna Vocational Training Centre in Matabeleland North into a teachers' training college.This emerged dur...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | 932 | by Staff Reporter
Samahuru Primary School children receive new shoes from local organisation
On Friday the 6th of July 2018, children at Samahuru Primary School in Tsholotsho Rural District received some new shoes from a local organisation...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 19:54hrs | 1073 | by Agencies
Entries for prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation are open
Engineers from Zimbabwe and other sub-Saharan countries are invited to enter the fifth edition of the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovat...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 19:11hrs | 527 | by Agencies
Applications for Rhodes Scholarships open this year on truly global basis
The Rhodes Trust is delighted to announce that Rhodes Scholarship applications are now open for most of the Rhodes constituencies. Applications have o...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1569 | by Rhodes House, Oxford
Mzilikazi honoured for Copa success
MZILIKAZI High School in Bulawayo tasted the joy of winning the country's most prestigious schools football tournament, the Copa Coca-Cola, four times...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 465 | by Staff reporterq
Schools still to get new curriculum textbooks
SOME provinces are yet to receive teaching and learning material made available by the Government in February, a development that severely disadvantag...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Schools to close earlier because of elections
Schools in Zimbabwe will close earlier than expected in the second term because of elections slated for end of July.According to the schools c...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 16:44hrs | 4643 | by Byo24News Reporter
Mutare student takes poetry to another level
Mutare Teachers College (MTC) student Irvine Muzondo has become a beacon of hope on the local poetry scene by storm after several poems he penned were...Published: 29 May 2018 at 18:05hrs | 1236 | by Stanley Chirimbani and Virginia Zifesho
John Tallach High wins quiz competition
The finals of the Old Mutual National High School Quiz Competition were held in the capital recently with winning schools walking away with various pr...Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
ZOU to partner ZIMCHE, AAU in four day workshop
The Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (...Published: 18 May 2018 at 13:25hrs | 742 | by Stephen Jakes
Entumbane High School Bursar wreaks havoc
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Monday the 14th of May 2018 went on a fact finding mission at Entumbane High school in response to the sad outcry of the E...Published: 15 May 2018 at 10:26hrs | 7845 | by Stephen Jakes
Schools ambush students on deadline for O & A level exam fees deadline
Ordinary and Advance Level students have cried foul that schools have ambushed them in giving them deadlines for the payment of examination fees as mo...Published: 10 May 2018 at 15:04hrs | 3261 | by Stephen Jakes
Teachers to strike over pay
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean teachers will go on strike to demand an increase in salaries and allowances when schools reopen next month for the new t...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:47hrs | 2263 | by Reuters
Munyeza to present at the forthcoming ZOU public lecture
Renowned Zimbabwean businessman and public speaker, Doctor Shingi Albert Munyeza, will make a presentation at the Zimbabwe Open University public lect...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 861 | by Stephen Jakes
Nust invents prototype platinum purifier
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday pledged Government support in funding a prototype for Platinum group of metals Process...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1179 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland schools receive $129K donation
THIRTY schools from Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces have benefited from a donation of furniture and textbooks worth $129 000 from ...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 11:15hrs | 963 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane university lecturers take relocation fight to High Court
NINE Lupane State University (LSU) lecturers in the Department of Development Studies have approached the High Court seeking an order barring universi...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:28hrs | 1517 | by Staff Reporter
120 Plumtree High School A-Level pupils shelterless
A TOTAL of 120-A Level pupils at Plumtree High School could find themselves without shelter when schools open in three weeks following a fire that raz...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:22hrs | 1298 | by Staff Reporter
Secondary prepares to write AutoCAD online exams
Secondary schools Computer-Aided Design (CAD) instructors will, this year, sit for an Autodesk International online examination to get certification i...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:12hrs | 1081 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe and Lisa Tazviinga recently in Harare
ZOU enters into partnership with ZTA
The Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) have entered into a major partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 09:49hrs | 847 | by Stephen Jakes
Majongwe threatens to sue govt
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Secretary - General Mr Raymond Majongwe has threatened to take the government to court for failing t...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1105 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimpapers donates teaching equipment to LSU
ZIMPAPERS Company last week donated various pieces of teaching equipment which included desk tops, printers, Camera, Projector and Projector screen to...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 13:23hrs | 477 | by Stephen Jakes
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