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Zimbabwe new education curriculum uproar

The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for an urgent review of the recently introduced heritage-based curriculum, describing it as unnecessarily demanding, complicated, and detached from reality.The call comes after …

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter

Teachers doorstep Mnangagwa over poor salaries

A delegation of teachers from the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) visited President Emmerson Mnangagwa's offices on Tuesday to seek urgent intervention over deteriorating salaries and worsening challenges in the education sec…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:38hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter

Govt accused of protecting rogue Khumalo Pry school head

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has been accused of protecting Khumalo primary school headmistress, Stella Mhlanga who is facing allegations of corruption and assault of staff members among others.The Ministry suspended Mhl…

Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 10:37hrs | 2509 | by Stephen Jakes

'Teachers clueless on new curriculum 5 years on'

TEACHERS are still reportedly failing to interpret the syllabi of the competence-based curriculum five years after it was introduced, a review by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has revealed.A review of the curriculum int…

Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Militant teachers group claims negotiating partner bribed by Mnangagwa govt

PROGRESSIVE Teachers union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou has accused leaders of the Apex Council of accepting government bribes to weaken their resolve to continue pressing for improved wages for civil servants.Apex Council …

Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Unions forge unity of purpose

Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) and Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) have joined hands in a move that will see Zimbabwe's two largest teacher unions embark on industrial action starting 5 February 2019.This comes on the…

Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Virginia Zifesho

'No dialogue without workers unions'

"Let us embark on a process of national dialogue. I invite the heads of all our nation's political parties, as well as religious and civil leaders, to set aside our differences and come together to show our nation that what unites us is st…

Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Ngqabutho Mabhena

Civil servants' demand for higher salaries not sustainable

The demand by civil servants to be paid $1 733 per month is not sustainable as government is trying to cut back expenditure. Though justified in demanding for an increase in light of high prices of basic commodities, the whopping 419 perce…

Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota

Teachers' update on talks with government

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) notes that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has convened a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting for Thursday 10 January 2019 at Meikles Hotel in Harare. Cognisant that…

Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by ARTUZ

Teacher Pupil ratio, cause for concern.

Teacher pupil ratio in most primary and secondary schools in Zimbabwe currently stood at 1:50 and in some extreme cases one teacher to 80 learners, a scenario which definitely compromises quality of the end result.Just imagine how parents …

Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 17:47hrs | 1 | by Tendai Guta

PTUZ seeking relevance in the press

It is a disgrace that Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) President, Takavafira Zhou is making noise in the private media trying to seek relevance especially from opposition political parties and donors, through accusing the Gov…

Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 13:23hrs | 1 | by Peacemaker Zano

Industrial action is not a solution

The move by the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) to urge its members to engage in a go-slow beginning this week as a way of pushing government to improve their working conditions through, amongst other things reducing last mo…

Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Chido Chikuni

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