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Zimsec unveils high-security Gwanda office
The Government has launched a state-of-the-art Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) regional office in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, as part of a national strategy to combat examination fraud ...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:41hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Families urged to discipline children
A multi-sectoral approach is needed in effectively dealing with gang-related violence in schools, amid calls for families and communities to play a leading role in instilling discipline in children....Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 13 | 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
Government forces Bulawayo schools to pay $7 000 each for celebration party
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Bulawayo Metropolitan Province has instructed all schools to pay $7 000 dollars toiwards the celebration for the former Provincial Education Director ...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 15:04hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mass exodus of science teachers hits Bulawayo schools
BULAWAYO schools have been hit by a mass exodus of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers with 145 having left since the beginning of the year.The skills flight by ST...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools seek bailout from Govt
BULAWAYO schools have asked Government to bail them out as they are failing to pay more than $23 million they owe the Bulawayo City Council in water billls and one of the affected schools' water suppl...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening imminent
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has commenced a community outreach programme in Bulawayo to prepare for the imminent reopening of schools. Running under the theme "Community outreach f...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
63 pregnant school girls drop out in Bulawayo
IN a trend that has exposed the continued exploitation of the girl child in both rural and urban communities, 63 girls in Bulawayo dropped out of school after being impregnated, while about 40 pupils ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to issue Covid-19 'passport'
ZIMBABWE will be among the first countries in the world to issue out Covid-19 certificates that will be linked to the person's passport and National Identify Document.The certificate will also...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Form Four pupil tests positive for Covid-19
A FORM Four pupil at a Bulawayo school tested positive for Covid-19 resulting in her contacts who include her classmates, being forced to self-isolate at home.The pupil is part of the exam cla...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form 4 pupil found hanging at Bulawayo beerhall
A FORM Four pupil at Msiteli High School was found hanging from a roof truss at a beerhall near his home on Friday in a suspected case of foul play. Nhlanhla Radasa (17) of Bulawayo's Ts...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying rampant at Petra College
SERIOUS cases of cyberbullying and traditional bullying have been reported at Petra College and George Silundika School, with parents fearing that their children may be pushed to committing suicide....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fears cholera outbreak
BULAWAYO residents are wary of a cholera or typhoid outbreak in the city after the local authority indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city on Tuesday without notice.The indefin...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gang wars - Sikhulile High pupils injured, hospitalised
THREE Sikhulile High School pupils in Bulawayo were rushed to hospital after they were injured during a school gang war yesterday morning. Teachers at the school were in panic as bloodied pupi...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents ask for more time to pay fees
It was again a last minute back to school shopping rush at the weekend and yesterday as parents and guardians prepared for the children's return to school for the Second Term. Acting Bulawayo ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu bus donation a hoax
BULAWAYO provincial education director Olicah Kaira has condemned the spreading of falsehood after the circulation of a hoax on social media claiming former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu has donated a...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Headmaster sucked into $50 000 misappropriation whirlpool
HAMILTON High School in Bulawayo has been rocked by allegations of embezzlement of funds running into thousands of dollars allegedly "masterminded" by the school's headmaster Jamani Fuyana.The...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Founders High demotes bully prefects
TWO prefects at Founders High School in Bulawayo allegedly tortured Form One pupils in the middle of the night as part of the initiation rite. Form One pupils are sometimes bullied by seniors to "welc...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
56 pupils eat jatropha fruits, hospitalised
FIFTY-SIX Grade Four pupils from Sigombe Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb have been hospitalised with one reported to be in a criticial condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after eating po...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:52hrs | | by Satff reporter
Bulawayo school bullies arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three Hamilton High School Upper Six pupils for allegedly assaulting three Lower Sixth new comers as part of the school's alleged "initiation" programme. The i...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Spy camera scandal rocks Falcon College
A SCANDAL has rocked Falcon College after some school boys allegedly placed a spy camera in the girls' changing rooms resulting in unsuspecting pupils from Girls College in Bulawayo, who had visited t...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 2 | 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
Parents withdraw kids from schools
TEACHERS reported for duty yesterday in Bulawayo, Midlands and parts of Matabeleland North but education authorities decried the decision by some parents to withdraw their children from schools. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:05hrs | | 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
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo school abandons 'haunted' lab
A LABORATORY at Mandwandwe High School in Nkulumane, Bulawayo, has been unused for over two years as staff and pupils are still "haunted" by the death of a science teacher after he allegedly inhaled p...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 11:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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 some parts of the country.The NASSAF was sup...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Panic after Grade 3s drink 'hot stuff' at school
ALCOHOL is strictly not to be taken by persons under the age of 18!Imagine an eight-year-old child in Grade Three bringing a bottle of whiskey and "sharing" with peers during break time?...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools lead in e-learning provision
BULAWAYO Province is leading in the country's e-learning programme with 80 percent of all Government schools connected to the Internet, a Cabinet Minister has said.Primary and Secondary Minist...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
School sex video goes viral
TWO pupils from Inyanda Secondary School in Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb are in trouble after a steamy video with sexual acts that was seemingly recorded behind classroom blocks at the school leaked a...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:53hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
3rd pupil suicide this term as Form One girl hangs
A FORM One pupil at Pumula High School in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging yesterday, the third such incident in Bulawayo this term.Brightness Thebe (15) from Magwegwe West subu...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pupil head-butts mum, hangs self
A FORM four pupil from Mbuyazwe Secondary School on the outskirts of Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide after fighting with his mother who had chided him for bullying his younger brother.Bra...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Abortion teacher fired
A student from Hillside Teachers' College who was involved in a sex scandal had a short-lived career as he was fired for being irresponsible and taking advantage of one of his pupils at Emganwini High...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Science teacher crisis in Bulawayo schools
BULAWAYO province has been hit by a shortage of science teachers, a development that has resulted in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary education resorting to cluster teaching to alleviate the chal...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tribalist' school head defended
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed allegations that Magwegwe High School headmaster Mr William Ncube banned the singing of Shona songs at his school.Bulawayo Acting ...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Curriculum challenge for Bulawayo schools
SCHOOLs in Bulawayo are facing challenges in implementing the new curriculum due to inadequate resources and learning materials, Parliament heard yesterday.Teachers and school heads told membe...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No-nonsense father beats up headmaster
A Bulawayo man, Zebediah Mavuma, known for controversy whenever he attends a school meeting claims to have beat up Moroka Magaya, who is Mzingwane High School's headmaster, for allegedly running...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sex scandal rocks adventist school
BULAWAYO Adventist High School has come under the spotlight after a sizzling sex scandal emerged with eight pupils alleged to have been caught in the act in one of the classrooms.The Form Thre...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staffr eporter
Midnight exam for O-level
FORM Four pupils at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb last Monday had to write their Zimbabwe School Examination (Zimsec) computers practical examination at night following an elect...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Townsend, Mckeurtan suicide pupils related
A GRADE Six pupil at Mckeurtan Primary School in Bulawayo who allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree is related to a pupil from Townsend High School who killed herself last month i...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 08:12hrs | 6 | 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
Zimsec probe after exam paper errors
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating alleged irregularities in the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven General Paper 1 examination amid concerns from p...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
30% Bulawayo O'Level pupils fail in all subjects
MORE THAN 2 700 pupils, about 30 percent of those who sat for public examinations at Ordinary Level in Bulawayo last year did not pass any subject, a development which is giving education officials he...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Founders High pregnancy scandal: 3 teachers implicated
THREE male teachers at Founders High School in Bulawayo have been implicated in a scandal where six pupils are said to be pregnant.The revelation comes as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 students pregnant: Ministry probes Founders High
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dispatched an investigating team to Founders High School in Bulawayo following a report that six boarders at the school have fallen pregnant....Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More schools install CCTVs
MOST Bulawayo schools have installed closed circuit televisions (CCTV) for security reasons.The installation of CCTVs follows a spate of robberies at schools in and around Bulawayo that result...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools adopt biometric clocking system for teachers
MOST Bulawayo schools are adopting the biometric clocking system for teachers to promote accountability at the institutions.With the new system, teachers scan their fingers on the machine whic...Published: 15 May 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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