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Teacher under fire for collecting learners' saliva
A teacher at Mushavhi Secondary School in Bikita has sparked outrage among parents and learners after allegedly asking an entire class to spit on sheets of paper during a lesson, raising serious conce...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:10hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
2 female teachers draw pupils' blood
Two female teachers from Mbuya Nehanda Primary School in Bikita are facing serious assault charges after allegedly drawing blood from 19 Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupils without consent....Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa police brutalise learners during crime awareness drive
What was meant to be a crime awareness campaign at Mahetshe Primary School in Maphisa has sparked national outrage and calls for accountability after police officers reportedly assaulted several pupil...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:39hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill teacher remains at school despite safety concerns
Tensions are mounting in Nyahombe, Chivi District, as a mentally ill teacher at Nyahombe Secondary School continues to remain in his post despite months of complaints from parents who fear for the saf...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 11:36hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Education official jailed
A 64-year-old Mashonaland Central province administration officer at the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has been sent to jail for submitting fraudulent travel and subsistence claims....Published: 11 May 2025 at 08:41hrs | 2814 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Zimsec announces fixed exchange rate for examination fees
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has set a fixed exchange rate of ZiG 26.65 to US$1 for examination fees paid in local currency between March 10 and March 14, 2025. This rate will app...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 11:39hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi school head under investigation
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has initiated an investigation into Mpumelelo Primary School in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, following a series of complaints from residents rega...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:01hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Headmistress disrespecting the community, lying to authorities
In Mbembesi, Lupane, tensions have escalated between parents of learners at Mlonyeni Primary School and the school's headmistress, Ms Abigail Mpinga, amidst allegations of mismanagement, disrespect to...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:10hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane Junior MP Sengeziwe Ndlovu launches Junior Press Club to shape future journalists
Nkulumane Constituency's Junior Member of Parliament, Hon. Sengeziwe R. Ndlovu, a Form 6 student at Nkulumane High School, is making history by launching the Nkulumane Junior Press Club, the first ini...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:10hrs | 426 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimsec exams proceed without reported leakages
The 2024 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade 7, Ordinary, and Advanced Level examinations have unfolded without any reports of paper leakages, marking a significant improvement compare...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:07hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
'Ghost' sparks chaos at primary school
A SUSPECTED 'ghost' caused chaos at Mberi Primary School in Zengeza yesterday morning, resulting in one child being injured in a stampede.The 'ghost,' which they claim was in the form of a wom...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube donates soccer kits to Cowdray Park Schools
THE Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Professor Mthuli Ncube continued to fulfil his pledge to develop Cowdray Park and strengthen links with the community after he do...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'A PhD to become the minimum qualification for headmasters in Zimbabwe'
THE Government is set to review school heads and teachers' qualifications with a PhD being the most desirable qualification for a school head as it moves to ensure delivery of quality education in the...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 11:49hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo, husband trial kicks off
THE trial of gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi who allegedly fraudulently acquired fake certificates to practise law in Zimbabwe started yesterday before Harare magistrate Feresi C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MSU student fingered in fake Zimsec examination scam
ZIMSEC has revealed that a number of people have been arrested for examination fraud, from advertising fake papers to smuggling answer sheets out of the exam room.In a statement, Zimsec said t...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools go digital
At least 35 percent of the schools in Zimbabwe have been connected to the Learning Passport as the Government and its partners continue to adapt learning to the new digital innovations that ensure no ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt bigwigs cash in on staff transfers
Corrupt senior government officials are reportedly demanding as much as US$300 in kickbacks from civil servants who wish to be transferred from their stations, NewsDay has learnt.Female civil ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatima High teachers refuse to test for Covid-19
SOME teachers at Fatima High School in Lupane District in Matabeleland North allegedly refused to be tested for Covid-19 following a recent outbreak of the virus at the school.The positive cas...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goblins unleashes a reign of terror
Randy goblins have unleashed a reign of terror in Nkayi's Hojeni Village, with their insatiable sexual attacks forcing teachers at Hojeni Primary School to flee their dwellings amid claims by villager...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Disciplinary hearings for truant teachers start
GOVERNMENT has started disciplinary hearings for teachers and school heads who did not report for duty or disrupted learning activities when schools opened last month.The Ministry of Primary a...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers in deadlock over Zimsec contract
TEACHERS unions have declared a deadlock with government over payment for superintending over examinations after yesterday's meeting failed to resolve the impasse.The teachers want to be paid ...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Treat each unvaccinated case on its merits, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) yesterday vowed that its members who are yet to be vaccinated will continue reporting for duty in defiance of a government directive that unvaccinated civil serva...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Rogue' teachers terrorise school
I went to the district education offices and they told me that I should not bother with these people because there is a process to be followed to reprimand teachers and it can take some time. I was to...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers blast 'uncaring' govt
TEACHERS' unions yesterday blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as an "uncaring employer" for its failure to pay them a living wage.In statements to commemorate World Teachers' Da...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as schools reopen
CHAOS characterised yesterday's schools reopening as dozens of teachers failed to travel to their workstations citing incapacitation.Teachers' unions attributed the chaos to poor planning by g...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pretends to be a listening leader
SOON after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated in 2018, he embarked on an offensive to meet various stakeholders in Zimbabwe such as chiefs, churches and many others.He also met with ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by KK
The quandary of reopening schools
It is a fact that schools closed in early June and attempts to open for second term have been futile due to the escalation of Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe. Recently the government announced that schools...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Takavafira Zhou
Govt hunts mentally challenged teachers
GOVERNMENT has begun compiling names of teachers suffering from depression and other mental health conditions in a clear admission that the country's socio-economic challenges are taking a toll on edu...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa embroiled in ugly wrangle over school
THOUSANDS of pupils at Southlea Park, a community primary school in Harare South, face a bleak future after a controversial decision by a dodgy consortium to turn the learning centre in the low-income...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
50% of teachers in Bulawayo not attending school
ONLY 50 percent of teaching staff in Bulawayo Metropolitan province has not been attending school as of Friday last week, a senior ministry official has revealed.Speaking at the Bulawayo Metro...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School fees payable in all currencies
SCHOOLS should accept all currencies usable in the country as legal tender, a development that will bring relief to parents who are being forced to look for United States dollars to pay school fees. ...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
Official school calendar next week
GOVERNMENT is expected to make an announcement regarding the opening of schools by next week. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana posting on his ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster breaks pupil's arm
HUMAN rights defenders in Mashonaland East province have called on Primary and Secondary Education officials to institute disciplinary measures against a Mudzi headmaster who reportedly broke a pupil'...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
TelOne to end DStv monopoly
TELONE has moved to end DStv's monopoly on the showbiz scene by introducing real time gross settlement dollar prices for its Digital Entertainment on Demand (DEOD) packages through which viewers can a...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane school forced to close over goblins
Menacing goblins have forced a school in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, to shut down, leaving teachers and hundreds of pupils stranded.So stubborn has been the nocturnal creatures that t...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Students besiege police station
Students at Monte Casino Girls in Macheke today besieged Macheke Police Station in protest over yet to be disclosed grievances.The students are said to have walked a distance of over 6km to Ma...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
80% teachers heed strike call?
TEACHERS' unions yesterday described their nationwide strike as a huge success, with at least 80% heeding the call for industrial action, although there were reports of State security agents moving ar...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive teacher shortage in Matabeleland South
MATABELELAND South Province primary schools are operating with only 210 qualified Early Childhood Development teachers out of an expected 1 294, an education official had said.Presenting a rep...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low pupil turn-out at schools
GOVERNMENT has appealed to parents to send their children to school as most schools recorded a low turn-out yesterday despite security guarantees by the authorities. Schools suspended lessons ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Second drowned Government official's body recovered
UNDETTERED Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education officials continued to search for their missing colleague whose vehicle was swept away in heavy rains on Monday and ended up finding the body yes...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Body of drowned Government official recovered
THE body of a Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education official from Matabeleland South Province whose vehicle was swept away by a flooded river while travelling with a colleague who remains unacco...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Government officials involved in accident
TWO Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education officials from Matabeleland South Province are feared dead after a vehicle they were travelling in was swept away by a flooded river. Matabeleland South...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 19:21hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa dispatches education inspectors to schools
Fearful teachers have claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has dispatched public service and education officials to schools across the country, whom they suspect to be intelligence o...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Habakkuk Trust 'Rocks' Mangwe
Ekuthuleni business centre in Mangwe ward 12 was the place to be as Habakkuk Trust convened a Rock the Vote Concert, which featured talented artist Clement Magwaza affectionately known as "gwazoo"....Published: 29 May 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | 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 Entumbane Community and parents of students at the ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Education offices using a roofless house
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's Mhondoro Ngezi District Office are using a roofless house in Kadoma, it has been learnt.The former two-storey building at 12 Campion street ha...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
2 schools closed over Satanism scare
AUTHORITIES at Maramba Secondary School in Mutawatawa and St Joseph Secondary School in Rusape have ordered the two institutions to shut down following a Satanism scare.Makoni district schools...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Student confesses to practicing Satanism
A FORM Two student at St Joseph's High (Rusape) has allegedly opened up on her involvement in suspected satanic acts rocking the school in which some possessed girls are fainting while others violentl...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster collapses, dies
BUSINESS came to a standstill yesterday at the Gwanda Government complex when a school head collapsed and died at the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education provincial offices.Mr Bernard ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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