Schools ordered to acquire swipe machines

All schools have been instructed to  acquire point of sale machines to facilitate smooth payment of fees and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is ready to provide.

Schools open on Tuesday.

According to Sunday Mail, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora that it does not make sense for parents to spend productive time at banks yet they can swipe their children's fees at the schools.

"As a ministry we have liaised with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to ensure that our schools need to use swipe machines as we move towards the cashless society.

"RBZ Governor John Mangudya has assured me that all schools that need the machines will get them because they have already made them available. As Government we are saying we are leading by example. Why should parents spend productive time at banks yet they can swipe their children's fees at the schools?".

 Dokora said there was no need for schools to demand cash.

"There is no need for parents to seek hard cash for payment of fees. Schools are thus guided to acquire service machines from any of the banking retail businesses".