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A full month without proper learning as politically connected SDC chair send pupils home
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Dear Editor,
It is really sad and devastating when ZANU PF officials boldly defy His Excellence's instruction that no child must be victimised for fees non payment. For the past four weeks there has been no proper learning at Murowa Primary School in Zvishavane district as every morning pupils are being sent back home for fees non payment by the combative SDC Chairman who is also ZANU PF district chairman.
The SDC Chair openly boast that he is in charge of the school and his actions cannot be questioned by anyone and doesnt care about what The President says. Not that we support fees non payment but surely four weeks of no learning is too much punishment to the learner. This has also affected the morale of both teachers and learners as the Chairman is always at the school saying come 2030 he will still be the Chairman.
The main reason for fees non payment by parents is financial mismanagement by the school head and this case was reported to the relevant ministry of education but no action has been taken. The head is running the school as his own tuckshop project with no proper financial accountability. The said auditors from Runde Rural District Council who visited the school spent less than half an hour in office and two hours feasting. Parents are demanding proper and thorough auditing of school finances.
The school adminstration is a family affair as the wife of the head is the senior teacher who also act as the clerk. On the other hand SDC committee is a family affair where the Chairman and Treasurer are blood brothers and the school operate a stop order account from the treasurer's shop. This is madness to say the least in as far as checks and balances are concerned.
As parents we sincerely once again ask the ministry of education to intervene and ensure proper learning at the school for the sake of our kids we also unreservedly demand for a thorough audit of the school finances and that the SDC members who are giving themselves paid contracts at the school be brought to book together with the headmaster for this is the highest form of corruption.
Concerned Parents
Murowa Primary School Zvishavane
It is really sad and devastating when ZANU PF officials boldly defy His Excellence's instruction that no child must be victimised for fees non payment. For the past four weeks there has been no proper learning at Murowa Primary School in Zvishavane district as every morning pupils are being sent back home for fees non payment by the combative SDC Chairman who is also ZANU PF district chairman.
The SDC Chair openly boast that he is in charge of the school and his actions cannot be questioned by anyone and doesnt care about what The President says. Not that we support fees non payment but surely four weeks of no learning is too much punishment to the learner. This has also affected the morale of both teachers and learners as the Chairman is always at the school saying come 2030 he will still be the Chairman.
The main reason for fees non payment by parents is financial mismanagement by the school head and this case was reported to the relevant ministry of education but no action has been taken. The head is running the school as his own tuckshop project with no proper financial accountability. The said auditors from Runde Rural District Council who visited the school spent less than half an hour in office and two hours feasting. Parents are demanding proper and thorough auditing of school finances.
As parents we sincerely once again ask the ministry of education to intervene and ensure proper learning at the school for the sake of our kids we also unreservedly demand for a thorough audit of the school finances and that the SDC members who are giving themselves paid contracts at the school be brought to book together with the headmaster for this is the highest form of corruption.
Concerned Parents
Murowa Primary School Zvishavane
Source - Concerned Parents
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