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Parents fume over expensive uniforms
PARENTS of Form One pupils yesterday called on the government to intervene and stop school authorities from swindling them of their money by demanding mandatory purchase of "overpriced" uniforms at th...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare over poor Grade 7 results
TEMPERS flared this week over the poor 2020 Grade 7 results with teachers' unions and Presidential spokesperson George Charamba blaming each other for the below par performance.Charamba said b...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Invigilators paid with plates of isitshwala
THE country's examination body, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week allegedly paid some "O" Level examination invigilators with plates of isitshwala instead of cash, which has ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2503 | by Staff reporter
Solusi High School to clear students next week
Solusi Adventist High School has sent out a circular announcing that it will be clearing students for 2021 first term.Acting headmaster Z Sibanda conveyed the message in a letter dated 31 Dece...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in 'O' Level exam scandal
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was yesterday accused of presiding over "sham" examinations for several ‘O' level subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete mate...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2038 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to dock teachers' salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's underfire government has ordered provincial education directors to name teachers who failed to report for duty since the reopening of schools in September, as it moves t...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 3927 | by Staff reporter
'No work no pay' to apply for absconding teachers
TEACHERS who have been absconding from work risk action being taken against them as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is now demanding the list of all those who have not been reporting f...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
'Postponing exams will cripple higher education'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education secretary Tumisang Thabela has said postponing public examinations because of COVID-19 disruptions would cripple next year's intake at higher and tertiary institutions....Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Improved salary offer tabled for teachers
There is no possibility that teachers can be paid the US$520 they are demanding, since doing so would reverse the economic gains seen so far, but the Government could afford a minimum teacher's salary...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2140 | 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 | 994 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala grills Mathema over sex orgies, drugs in schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema was last week grilled in Parliament by Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) over alleged sex orgies and drug abuse in schools across the cou...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 7323 | by Staff reporter
Idle pupils turn to sex orgies, drugs
Some of the pictures making rounds on social media of students kissing or standing next to each other in sexually suggestive positions at school. The authenticity of the images could not be immediatel...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 3411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to provide PPE to all learners
GOVERNMENT will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all learners when schools reopen, with Treasury releasing $350 million to prepare learning institutions for safe reopening. Cabin...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools open today
BOARDING schools will open today to receive pupils who will be writing June/ July examinations that start on Tuesday.As part of ensuring the smooth running of examinations, the Government has ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry, parents at cross roads over opening of schools
Matabeleland North stakeholders have called for the further suspension of the opening of schools and postponement of June examinations until it is safe to open.They threatened to withhold thei...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1910 | by Stephen Jakes
2 000 civil servants struck off payroll
AT LEAST 2 000 civil servants have been struck off the government's payroll after failing to comply with the Public Service Commission's directive to register under the Public Service Biometric Authen...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Schools not producing PPE
THE majority of government schools in rural and urban areas are not producing personal protective equipment (PPE) owing to material and financial resource constraints, contrary to claims by authoritie...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:47hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Schools gear up for phased reopening
Schools are now producing personal protective equipment as they gear up for the phased reopening which requires several steps to ensure pupils and teachers are safe when lessons resume. Speaki...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
No opening dates for schools yet
GOVERNMENT has dismissed as false, messages circulating on social media claiming that schools will reopen for exam classes in three weeks. A schedule purportedly from the Ministry of Primary a...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open in 4 weeks
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would take up to four weeks to open schools, firstly for examination-writing classes then gradually other classes in a phased approach. Speaking before the Priscil...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4111 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec 2020 June exams to commence on the 22nd of June
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary education, Mrs Tumisang Thabela says 2020 June exams will start on 29 June to the 22nd of July under strict guidelines from the ministr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Govt set to stagger reopening of schools
GOVERNMENT will in the next three weeks announce more than 820 examination centres for candidates sitting for the deferred June public examinations while it prepares for the staggered opening of schoo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt ropes in schools in masks production
Government has turned to schools for the mass production of face masks for pupils before schools reopen for the second term due to the increased risk of contracting coronavirus.The government ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Cloud hangs over June exams
DATES for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 June examinations will likely be determined at the end of the lockdown period, it has been learnt.Representatives of teacher or...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimta bemoans teachers' predicament
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has bemoaned the plight of teachers during the three-week lockdown meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.In a statement on Monday, Zimta secretary-gene...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:10hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
'Zimsec exams not cancelled'
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed as false a story circulating on social media advising that O' and A' Level examinations for both June and November 2020 had been cancelled...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Dilemma over school exams
Government is in a dilemma whether to delay the registration of school examinations the deadline for payment of examination fees for June was yesterday March 30 and April 9, 2020 for the November exam...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:31hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec encourages online registration
GOVERNMENT has said 2020 Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) public examinations candidates should register online while it assesses the effectiveness of the virtual platforms.Registr...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:59hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns schools over exam fees
Parents and guardians who are turned away by school authorities for not producing cash for examination fees payments, should report to Government for corrective action to be taken. This was sa...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo family quarantined
A Bulawayo woman who travelled to South Africa for medical attention has been placed under self-quarantine together with her family after a patient treated by her South African doctor tested positive ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 7785 | by Staff reporter
Teachers urged to offer free extra lessons
Kuwadzana-Primary-school-teacher-Rosemary-Chakanyuka.gifPRIMARY and Secondary Education ministry permanent secretary Tumisang Thabela has urged teachers to sacrifice more time with struggling exam...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 19:18hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Payment for extra lessons banned
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, banned teachers from charging for weekend extra lessons and those found wanting face disciplinary action. The decision comes at a time when the Zimbabwe ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:03hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Government set to employ 2 300 more teachers
GOVERNMENT is set to employ 2 300 teachers in June to bring the total number of teachers who would have been employed this year to 5 000. In January, Government recruited 2 700 teachers who were deplo...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:42hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Minister wants schools to become Special Economic Zones
SCHOOLS should be turned into Special Economic Zones as they have unlocked commercial value that can transform the education sector, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema ha...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:07hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand US dollars from parents
Parents and guardians who are being forced by teachers to pay for extra lessons, chair bags and other demands in foreign currency outside what has been officially approved must report to the Ministry ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Minister calls on teachers to shun planned demonstration
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday urged teachers to shun today's planned demonstrations against purported fees increases and poor remuneration among other pertinent issues af...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 05:29hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Njube demo teacher still on the run
POLICE say a Njube High School teacher who allegedly incited pupils to demonstrate against an increase in fees and teachers' poor salaries last Monday, is still on the run.Brian Mutsiba, a sci...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Government freezes tuition fees
Government has frozen tuition fee increases in public schools and warned that it will de-register private schools that charge fees in foreign currency "directly or indirectly." In a statement ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 4748 | by Staff reporter
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1987 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 474 | by Staff Reporter
Impact of shona teacher deployment to Matebeleland schools, 0% pass rate
At the beginning of 2019, the government has apologised after teachers who cannot speak Ndebele were recruited to take infant classes in Bulawayo....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 08:28hrs | 4476 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools post best results for Grade 7 exams
BULAWAYO Province was the best performing nationally once again in the 2019 Grade Seven public examinations and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has hailed the province for hard work. ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 4529 | by Staff reporter
Govt nullifies school fees hike
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered that all school fees increases by private schools for next year are null and void, as they have not been approved by the ministry.Th...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 10:53hrs | 2917 | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls teachers boycott ZimSec exam
TEACHERS at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls on Wednesday stayed at home citing incapacitation at a time they were expected to supervise a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordi...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt seeks to establish e-classrooms
GOVERNMENT is seeking to establish smart classrooms in primary schools to promote a sustainable computer education programme. Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:05hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to establish smart classrooms in schools
GOVERNMENT seeks to establish smart classrooms in primary schools in the country to promote a sustainable computer education programme in the institutions, a senior official has said. The Perm...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 410 | by Staff Reporter
Western sanctions a lame excuse: US envoy
UNITED States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, has dismissed government claims that Western sanctions were behind the country's economic meltdown, saying the haemorrhage was being fuelled b...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 15:12hrs | 2165 | by Staff Reporter
Student teachers complain over 'measly' $150 stipend
Student teachers last week slammed their employer for awarding them $150 monthly stipend, saying the money was a mockery and an insult to their profession.Speaking to NewsDay yesterday, the studen...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Electricity timetable for exam practicals
GOVERNMENT will issue the Zimsec November public examination timetable to the Ministry of Energy and Power Development to ensure availability of electricity during the practical examinations period, a...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare incapacitation as schools open
TEACHERS have indicated they will not be able to resume work when schools open for the third term today citing incapacitation due to erosion of their salaries and the recently advanced cost of adjustm...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
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