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Exam fees scandal rock Hwange school
A number of learners in Hwange District may be unable to take their Grade Seven examinations due to some primary schools demanding fees more than double the amount specified by the Zimbabwe Schools Ex...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mast*rbation lands teacher in trouble
A 55-YEAR-OLD primary school teacher in Plumtree is in deep trouble after he indecently insulted a grade seven pupil in a storeroom.Allen Sibotshwa was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts y...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 17:01hrs | 2381 | by Simbarashe Sithole
University steps in to solve 0 pass rate in Matabeleland North
Lupane State University (LSU) has significantly contributed to reducing the number of primary schools in Matabeleland North province that record zero pass rates in Grade Seven public examinations. ...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping Grade 7 pupil
EVERY child deserves the right to attend school without fear of abuse. However, disturbing stories of inappropriate teacher behaviour towards pupils, particularly teenagers, are becoming incre...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop rapes grade 7 girl in police camp
A 32-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Mphoeng is in soup after he allegedly raped a grade seven pupil who knocked at his door ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 08:39hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grade 7s to continue with lessons after exams
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced that Grade Seven pupils will no longer close school after their examiniations as was the case in the past but will instead continue attend...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (33) caught in bush sex with Grade 7 pupil
A 33-year-old man from Maraposa Plot in Insuza, Matabeleland North province who was caught red-handed having sex with his teenage lover in the bush was arrested and dragged to court to answer charges ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:32hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over directive forcing Grade 7s to continue reporting to school after exams
PARENTS and teachers are livid over the Ministry of Secondary and Primary Education's directive compelling Grade Seven pupils to continue coming to school after completing writing their final examinat...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boy with disability beats able bodied in 5km run
A 14-year-old Bulawayo boy with disability defied all odds on Saturday when he won a family fun marathon, beating able-bodied competitors.With an amputated right leg and walking with aid of cr...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 hits 100+ schools
GOVERNMENT has intensified adherence to Covid-19 standard mitigation procedures in learning institutions amid reports that over 100 schools countrywide have been hit by new infections.Although...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
School 'victimises' pupils as parents reject fee hike
AUTHORITIES at the Catholic-run St Martins Primary School in Harare are being investigated by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry following reports that pupils whose parents objected to an un...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
BaTonga communities sue for lack of development
HAVING been displaced during the construction of the Kariba Dam and now living at the peripheries of Zimbabwe's largest hydro-electric power project, Kariba, it is only logical that the Batonga people...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls girl (12) dies 'after typhoid jab'
A Grade Seven pupil (12) at Nyongolo Primary School outside Hwange died after her body started swelling and her family suspects she reacted to the new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) she received rece...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Compressed syllabus introduced in schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced a Catch-up strategy for primary and secondary school pupils that will see learners who were affected by prolonged non-academic activity b...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Let's banish the urban-rural chasm
Devolution now steadily but surely underway in our country, with provincial ministers of state also tasked with implementation of the new beginning, must sooner rather than later see rural areas where...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:17hrs | 4 | by Stephen Mpofu
Schools reopen under strict health regulations
Examination classes went smoothly back to school yesterday with teachers and pupils following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. The three examination classes, Grade 7, Form 4 and...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher unions demand plan for opening of schools
Teachers' unions under the Federation of Zimbabwe Education Unions (FOZEU) have called upon government to plan and engage them ahead of the opening of schools for this year.FOZEU demands sever...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite
RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Cov...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma fails to resurrect dead boy
A traditional healer from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo tried without success to resurrect the lifeless body of a boy who drowned in a pool last week.B-Metro caught up with Sithembinkosi Mafika...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe school maintains 100% pass rate
CAMELOT Primary School in Kwekwe recorded a successive 100% pass rate in the 2020 Grade Seven Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) national examinations.The headmistress, Clarinet Sit...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools demand money for PPE from parents
SOME primary and high schools in Bulawayo are forcing parents and guardians of students to fork out payments for masks and sanitizers, a move the government has declared illegal.In September, ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School suspends classes after two pupils test positive to Covid-19
Government has suspended classes at Rujeko Primary School after two pupils tested positive for Covid-19, a government official said yesterday.The Grade Seven pupils at Rujeko primary are among...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam classes in false start
CHAOS rocked most schools as they reopened for examination classes yesterday, with thousands of pupils turned away over lack of personal protective equipment, non-payment of fees, while in other insta...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Underperforming schools in intensive holiday classes
MORE than 400 Grade Seven pupils from primary schools that often register zero pass percent rates in Lupane District are undergoing intensive holiday learning at Lupane Primary to improve pass rates. ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Children should get sex education regardless of age'
Social workers and legislators have said the age of consent to sex should remain at 16 years to protect children from abuse, while at the same time children should have access to sexual reproductive h...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vet goes beserk, beats schoolchildren
A War veteran based in Mashonaland Central is in soup with the authorities after he went berserk late last year and savagely assaulted 116 pupils at a local primary school for alleged indiscipline....Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees remain unchanged
LOCAL examination fees will remain unchanged after Cabinet resolved to retain the 2018 fee structure. Advanced Level exam fees were pegged at $26, while Ordinary Level pupils paid $15 per subject, wit...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 pupil expelled after 'Satanism scare'
A GRADE seven pupil has allegedly been 'expelled' from Robert Tredgold Primary School after she collapsed several times at the school in a suspected Satanism case at the Bulawayo learning institution....Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
How 12-year-old girl stopped train from killing over 300 people in Zimbabwe
A 13-year-old girl has been rewarded by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) for averting a train disaster that could have killed at least 300 people when she was only 12.Nozipho Sibanda, a...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 12:30hrs | 5 | by Erick Matotoba
All hell breaks loose as man armed with catapult attempts to rape minor
There was drama at Mazowe mine this morning (Friday) when a suspected rapist armed with a catapult reportedly attempted to rape a grade seven pupil in the bush on her way to holiday lessons.Ey...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beating pupil lands teacher in trouble
A STUDENT teacher from Hugh Beadle Primary School in Northend suburb, Bulawayo has been arraigned for allegedly beating up a Grade Five learner with a plastic rod for poor handwriting.Zibusiso...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Teachers 'fired' over satanism
Two female teachers at Kana Mission High School in Gokwe were on Friday sent packing after pupils implicated them in alleged Satanism acts.Scores of girls have been mysteriously collapsing and...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga comes out of retirement
Veteran artiste Cont Mhlanga is back from retirement and has produced a television drama called Esigabeni.Mhlanga, who years ago announced his retirement to concentrate on rearing goats and sh...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scholarships for Grade 7 pupils
APOSTOLIC Faith Mission Cranborne Church has opened an elite school called Light Christian College. The school is offering scholarships to Grade Seven pupils who attained five, six and seven units....Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Lightning bolt kills one pupil, injures 7 others
A GRADE Seven pupil at Jekwa Primary School in Murehwa was killed, while seven others were seriously injured after being struck by a lightning bolt on Wednesday.The injured pupils are admitted...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shame on Zimsec as it fails to spell 'Plumtree' in grade 7 exam paper
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed claims that the Grade Seven General Paper 1 was marred with irregularities.The Ministry last week instituted an investigation foll...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster 'caught kissing Grade 7 pupil'
A HEADMASTER at Chezhou Primary School in Dete has been charged with indecent assault after he allegedly kissed a Grade Seven pupil.Christopher Gumbo (55) who resides at the school staff quart...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooker beds 6 minors
A SUSPECTED sex worker from Mabvuku, Evelyn Makamba, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing several aggravated indecent assault charges after allegedly bedding six male minors aged...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court official 'demands $500 to kill rape case'
A BULAWAYO Tredgold Court official has been implicated in a matter in which a minor rape victim is being pressured to withdraw a case against an uncle who allegedly abused her.The minor (15) w...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Second wife brings trouble for 23-year-old
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru eloped with a Grade Seven pupil (13) to Mutare where he had sexual intercourse with her for days before taking her as a second wife.Stanford Gunda of Mtapa Section...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder, robbery over beer
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was strangled to death at a bottle store in Filabusi after he allegedly refused to buy a round of beer for a group of men.The killers allegedly robbed the man of about $140 a...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
50-year-old begs to marry grade 7 girl
THE key to everything is patience!The above saying seems to make sense to a Mberengwa man who is in trouble for touching breasts of a Grade Seven pupil whom he wished to marry as a second wife...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rape spree teacher violates Grade Seven pupil in class’
AN Early Childhood Development student teacher allegedly raped a Grade Seven pupil in a classroom at Nyamandlovu Primary School.Lovemore Tshuma, a former police officer who is popularly known ...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane residents demand bar closure
NKULUMANE residents have allegedly written a petition against the refurbished Umqombothi Sports Bar under new management over loud music and sex activities outside the joint.The petition was s...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rural teachers union to host Mash East Indaba
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) will tomorrow, 10 June 2017, host a Toda Kudyawo/ S'funa ukudla Teachers Forum in Marondera, Mashonaland East.Top on the agenda of the ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 16:15hrs | | by ARTUZ
Guard wails in court after sentencing for sex with minor
THERE was drama at Gweru Magistrate's Court yesterday when a 32-year-old security guard wailed after he was sentenced to four years in prison for engaging in sex with a 13 year old Grade Seven pupil....Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New format for school exams
ORDINARY and Advanced Level pupils will from 2018 be graded on the basis of combined marks for continuous assessment and final examinations in keeping with provisions of the updated education curricul...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Drunk teachers face axe'
GOVERNMENT has threatened to clampdown on errant teachers, particularly those found abusing pupils and drinking on duty as part of measures to instill discipline in the education sector.Addres...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paying school fees with goats: Fact vs fiction
"IWE! Mbudzi munadzo here dzekubhadhara fees term ino?" asked my cousin Piri, meaning, do you have goats to pay for your school fees this coming term? The schoolchildren from St Columbus School were g...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:23hrs | 2 | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
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