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Govt warns schools demanding forex
Government has issued a stern warning to schools after it emerged that some were demanding tuition fees in United States dollars. Some top private schools have already sent out circulars to pa...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt activates Form 1 online application platform
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry will next week activate an online application to enable parents search for 2019 Form One boarding places for their children in the comfort of their homes....Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Teachers' failure to embrace ICT skills stifling pupils' creativity'
GOVERNMENT has said failure by some teachers to embrace ICTs is stifling pupils' creativity. Addressing educationists and other guests at the commissioning of smart class equipment and an Earl...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mrs Thabela appointed Primary and Secondary perm sec
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Mrs Tumisang Thabela as the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education replacing Dr Sylvia Utete Masango, who has retired. Mrs...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand payment for exams
TEACHERS have demanded payment for invigilating the Zimsec public examinations that start tomorrow.Grade Seven public examinations starts tomorrow while O and A-level public examinations start...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over St John's gay storm
Stakeholders in the country's education sector have been left speechless, following St John's College deputy headmaster's revelation last week that he is gay.Neal Hovelmeier, the second in cha...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers unions call for schools closure over cholera
Faced with a nationwide cholera outbreak that has claimed 31 lives and left thousands others infected, two leading teachers' unions have called for the closure of all schools until the disease is cont...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand pay for invigilating
TEACHERS have demanded payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for invigilating public examinations. Invigilation has always been deemed part of teachers' duties so they...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers urged not to rely on information being peddled on social media
The Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango, has called on teachers not to rely on misleading information being peddled on social media as the ministry only uses officia...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools open tomorrow
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dispelled social media rumours that schools will open on September 10, instead of tomorrow for the third term. In an interview yesterday, pe...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils want Novemebr exams shelved
Pupils have appealed to President Mnangagwa for the suspension of the 2018 November public examinations, saying they will not have fully prepared due to disturbances caused by elections, especially th...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mashayamombe in corruption storm
MASHONALAND West provincial education director, Sylvester Mashayamombe is facing accusations of abuse of office which have reportedly resulted in him falling out of favour with some of his subordinate...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Political' teachers told to resign
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered all teachers who successfully submitted their names to the Nomination Court for election into political office to immediately resign....Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet teachers
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has organised an indaba between teachers and President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss conditions of service and challenges facing the education sector....Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Schools to close on 26 July to make way for elections
Permanent Secretary for Primary and Secondary education, Dr. Sylvia Janet Utete-Masango has said schools calender for 2018 will be changed following the proclamation of the 2018 Harmonised Elections s...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 12:41hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Govt to meet teachers
THE Government will this week meet teachers' unions to start negotiations on a number of issues raised by the civil servants and map the way forward, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretar...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's govt in massive staff cull
Plans by the government to trim the bloated civil service are in full swing amid reports of hundreds of workers being laid off without notice, NewsDay reported.Most government departments have...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slow in tackling education issues
The Progressive Teacher's Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration for failing to address sticking issues affecting the education sector.PTUZ secretar...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | | 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
Govt cuts First Term fees
It's going to be one of the shortest first terms for Lower Six pupils in Zimbabwe, and Government has some guidelines to make things easier for parents and children.Ordinary Level results were rel...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers endure for ten months without salaries
Teachers are also human beings who are in need of basic needs. There are hundreds of teachers who were recruited by the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education countrywide to replace teachers who ...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 14:53hrs | | by Onai Chipavaenzi
Teachers in limbo amid fears Mugabe govt abused funds
Hundreds of university students that enrolled under a special donor-assisted programme to upgrade teachers' skills have gone for six semesters without knowing their examination results due to governme...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dokora's curriculum to stay,' says Prof Mavima
The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Paul Mavima has assured the nation that there is no turning back in as far as the updated new education curriculum is concerned.This c...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reassigns permanent secretaries
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed and reassigned permanent secretaries, following the setting up of a new Government and appointment of Cabinet ministers.The changes were announ...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dokora dragged to court over debt
A KADOMA businessman has dragged the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the Bulawayo High Court over a debt of more than $56 000 in unpaid rentals at his building.Mr Aleck Mapfumo,...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:43hrs | | 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
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
Grade 1 textbook with wrong Ndebele spellings finally recalled
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has finally recalled a Grade One Environmental Science textbook that contains embarrassing language and grammatical mistakes.The textbook in isi...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Science in Ndebele textbook recalled
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said textbooks that have language and grammatical mistakes should be removed from schools and taken back to suppliers.This comes amid concer...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school heads to wear uniforms
THE Government has reportedly stopped paying allowances to Advanced Level teachers whose classes do not meet the required minimum number of pupils and hours in class, it has been learnt.All al...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
10k teachers to undertake ICT training
10 000 primary and secondary school teachers are set to undergo information, communication and technology (ICT) skills training to capacitate them to teach computers in schools.Dubbed ICT skil...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 21:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government announces new rules for school entry
THE Government has announced that pupils who do not attend Early Childhood Development at registered institutions will no longer be able to proceed to Grade 1 countrywide and this new system comes int...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Schools closing date unchanged'
Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango has dismissed social media rumours that the schools closing day for the second term has changed. Over the past two weeks, ...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex education at ECD level
SEXUALITY education has been introduced in schools across all grades, starting from Early Childhood Development (ECD) as part of increasing sexual reproductive health knowledge among young people, an ...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Schools defy Dokora on entrance tests
A number of private schools are heading for confrontation with government after it emerged they are still charging fees for Form 1 entrance tests despite a standing ban imposed on the practice....Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Dokora
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has come under fire from teachers' unions for reportedly "resorting to military tactics" in dealing with educators.Progressive Teachers'...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
New salary model for Zimbabwean civil servants
THE Government has introduced a new civil servants remuneration system that will see teachers, nurses and other health workers being paid or allocated resources through their specific programmes and s...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:20hrs | | 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
Dokora backs down on Matabeleland South schools closure
THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Lazarus Dokora has said no school will be closed in Matabeleland South province for low enrolment as earlier reported.Dr Dokora said Governme...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
New school to open in Matabeleland South
As the controversy over planned closure of 40 schools in Matabeleland South rages on, a new school in Bulilima district, Himago Secondary is set to open this term.This is meant to reduce dista...Published: 24 May 2017 at 11:01hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Flashback: Mat South needs 114 new schools
In August last year, Matabeleland South, the provincial education director Mrs Tumisang Thabela said the province requires 114 new schools.She said 20 would be primary, 75 satellite and 13 sec...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Alice Dube
'Mugabe's govt sabotaging Matabeleland education,' says Zimta
Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu has accused President Robert Mugabe's Government of sabotaging education in Matabeleland by proposing to shut down 40 schools in Mat...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ARTUZ Concerned about threats of closing rural schools
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is concerned with the reckless and unconstitutional utterances attributed to the excitable Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and S...Published: 23 May 2017 at 15:41hrs | | by ARTUZ
Closure of 40 Matabeleland South schools atrociously genocidal and unjust
The decision by the failing Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to close 40 Matabeleland South schools on the basis of low enrolment figures (as communicated by the Permanent Secretary Dr Slyv...Published: 23 May 2017 at 11:13hrs | | by Benedict Sibasa
Plan to close 40 Matabeleland Schools is Gukurahundi
Matabeleland Human Rights Institution has condemned government proposal to close more than 40 schools in Matabeleland South.The organization was quick to say the ZANU PF government was unleash...Published: 23 May 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Alice Dube
Govt to 'shut down' 40 schools in Matabeleland South
Government through the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is seriously considering shutting down close to 40 schools in Matabeleland South Province which have low enrolment.According ...Published: 22 May 2017 at 19:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Schools defy Government, turn away pupils over fees
Several pupils from government and council run schools in both Bulawayo and Harare are being sent home due to non payment of school fees. Schools opened today for the second term....Published: 09 May 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Alice Dube
Unqualified teachers redeployed
THE Civil Service Commission has started the process of redeploying teachers who hold non-teaching qualifications as part of the Government's staff rationalisation programme recommended in the Civil S...Published: 07 May 2017 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
17 new schools to be constructed by June
CONSTRUCTION of at least 17 new schools will start in June as the Government sets in motion its target to set up an additional 2 056 schools to ensure that every child in Zimbabwe has easy access to e...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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