Search / Holiday lessons
Holiday lessons and HIV Infection among teens
There was a time when school holidays meant a complete break from classes, with children travelling to visit relatives, reconnecting with grandparents, and learning values through traditional family l...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 15:29hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays 10-day holiday lessons for exam classes
The Government has authorized schools to conduct extra lessons for examination classes - Grade 7, Form Four, and Form Six - for up to 10 days during the August school holiday. The move aims to boost e...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:54hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Teacher (42) in court for raping pupil
A TEACHER from Bethel College in Hopley Zone 6, Harare, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Courts facing a charge of raping his 10-year-old pupil during extra lessons.Harare regional...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
External candidates 'spoiling' Zimsec results
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has attributed the decline in the quality of Ordinary and Advanced Level results to the demographics of external candidates who primarily take the June ...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:53hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lifts ban on holiday lessons
The Zimbabwean government has lifted the ban on holiday classes for examination classes, while maintaining the ban for other pupils to ensure they rest during holidays. Holiday lessons for examination...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:34hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under fire over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has been criticised over its decision on Monday to ban vacation lessons saying that learners needed to rest after an undisturbed term.Moreover, authorities added that teaching and l...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman gives birth in kombi
A Dangamvura woman in Mutare had a kombi journey through the city to remember on Wednesday morning after giving birth to a baby boy in the loaded city-bound public transport.Ms Patricia Chitsa...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No holiday lessons'
The ministry of primary and secondary education has announced that there will be no extra lessons over the school holidays.In a statement ministry of primary and secondary education, Mrs perma...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt education policies inconsistent'
TEACHERS have castigated government for policy inconsistency after it cancelled its ban on holiday lessons.Yesterday, most schools were enrolling pupils for two-week vacation lessons. In a cir...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Parents cry foul over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has refused to bow down to pressure from parents who want children to attend holiday lessons, saying the practice was long outlawed.Holiday lessons have long been banned because gov...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons remain banned
Government has warned schools against offering extra lessons during the holidays, reiterating the position that such lessons remain illegal.Director of communication and advocacy in the Minist...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Extra lesson teachers under siege
GOVERNMENT has dispatched officials from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to schools to stop teachers and heads from conducting extra lessons during the holiday.Primary and Seconda...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe lockdown extended
Kwekwe's intensified localised lockdown, which came into full swing on May 24 has been extended by Government for a further two weeks following a surge in active Covid-19 cases in the city and its sur...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons at schools banned
Holiday lessons at schools banned Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa addresses a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday while Chief Secretary t...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 cases in schools drop
ONLY 41 Covid-19 cases remain active in the country's schools as mandatory quarantining of some boarding schools to prevent the deadly pandemic is lifted, allowing learners to return home.The ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt bans in-school holiday lessons
GOVERNMENT has banned in school holiday lessons to contain the spread of COVID-19 and ensure containment measures are put in place before learners return for the second term.Schools are set to...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand 50c to mark pupils' work
Many teachers at Mketi Secondary School in Mberengwa district under Chief Mketi are said to be demanding a 50c fee from the pupils so that they can mark their daily work, TellZim News learnt that....Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Depriving the poor of the right to education
Dear Editor, Thank you and your crew for your informative editions which have become the voice of the voiceless giving hope to the hopeless.What we witnessed today driving around Murow...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 11:04hrs | 7 | by Murowa Community Zvishavane
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
Man demands $35 000 from bus company
A BULAWAYO resident has filed a $35 000 claim against Joma Transport Bus Service and its driver, Alford Chabaya following a horror accident that injured his seven-year-old son last December.Bh...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Muponda goes back to his roots
Growing up in Zimbabwe's high-density suburb of Warren Park in the early 1980s Gilbert Muponda was an astute and intelligent young kid, who dreamt of fast cars and wanted to be a lawyer.He was...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
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
New College opens in Chiredzi
CHIREDZI-The late celebrated Reggae legend, Bob Marley once sang, "You can take away everything from me, but you can never take away my wisdom or my education." In a nutshell he was trying to show the...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:03hrs | | by George Kuraidza
Free holiday lessons for flood-hit pupils
SCHOOL children affected by floods in Tsholotsho District will have a chance to catch up on their studies as the provincial education department is organising free holiday lessons for them....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dokora propose 'brilliant' schools idea
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora has come up with a noble idea for once proposing that schools affected by floods countrywide could apply for vacation school to compensate ...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dokora must resign for creating confusion
The PDP is concerned with the confusion that is still rocking schools since the premature introduction of the new curriculum by Douglas Dokora.We note with concern that more than a month has e...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 12:20hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Tsholotsho schools get help for science education
ZIBUNGULULU Secondary School in Tsholotsho North had gone for five years with no single candidate passing Ordinary Level public examinations until only one pupil managed to pass five subjects last yea...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
'Holiday lessons never banned'
Archibald Sanyanga, a middle-aged father of three from Harare's Glen View suburb, lowers his huge figure to get a clear reading of numbers inscribed on a shelf in one of the leading shoe shops in ...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
School term shortened by 3 weeks
THE first school term calendar has been shortened to 10 weeks for learning, compared to 13 weeks in previous terms. Schools opened on January 12 and will close on March 23, before the usual cl...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Bulawayo schools top Zimbabwe charts
BULAWAYO province recorded the highest overall pass rates in the 2014 Grade Seven and O-Level public examinations while posting exceptional results at A-Level.An examination results analysis b...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:40hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Schools resist holiday lessons ban
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education directive banning holiday lessons faces imminent resistance from schools, amid indications that a number of institutions had invited pupils in examinati...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
No holiday lessons, schools told
Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Paul Mavhima, has said all schools must observe and follow the school calendar. This comes amid concerns that some schools were planning...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils should rest during holidays - NO holiday lessons
Schools should not conduct any holiday lessons for pupils as learners should be given time to rest, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Paul Mavhima has said.Mavhima said all s...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fall in schools' pass rate alarms MPs
MBIZO MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC-T) has given notice to introduce a motion to debate the deteriorating standards of public education following the withdrawal of teachers' incentives by Primary and S...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho high sch wants $70 for holiday lessons! - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 07:53hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Govt to monitor performance of individual teachers
Government will monitor the performance of each individual teacher as part of measures to supervise schools and ensure delivery of quality education, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazaru...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dokora urges schools to apply for holiday lessons
The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora has urged schools to apply for holiday lessons to their provincial education directors before the term ends.Addressing heads and...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Nothing wrong with 'fake' degrees,' says Zanu-PF minister
In yesterday's senate session, Mashonaland Central Senator Damian Mumvuri (Zanu-PF) asked Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technology Development Minister Olivia Muchena Government's reac...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zim govt can't guarantee pay dates for civil servants'
Government has said it cannot guarantee fixed pay dates for civil servants given the economic hardships the country is facing and employees will continue to receive payslips without pay dates....Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 06:57hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Govt probes defiant teachers
The Government has vowed to punish schools and teachers that are defying its directive to stop conducting extra lessons, which, authorities say, tutors are vigorously pursuing at the expense of norma...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Brighton Muronzereyi
'Minister stop irritating your lowly paid teachers' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 21 May 2014 at 17:53hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Teachers vow to defy directive on holiday & extra lessons
Primary and secondary school teachers at public institutions of learning have vowed to defy a Government directive banning holiday and extra lessons. Teachers said they would continue the less...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
'Cambridge exams illegal in Zimbabwe'
The ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's acting provincial director for Harare Province, Edward Shumba said Zimbabwe's Education Act outlaws participation of foreign education bodies in the...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt outlaws extra lesson for school kids
The education minister also revealed that his ministry had outlawed the holding of holiday and extra lessons in all primary and secondary schools.He said a circular noti...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers cry foul
Teachers unions have called on government to stop operating "as if they are in a military banker" and find a lasting solution to the raging salary dispute with the country's educators.The ca...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil escapes jail for impregnating girl (14)
A 19-year-old Upper Six pupil at Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb was lucky to escape jail life after his sentence was postponed for five years for impregnating his 14-year-old gi...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 04:25hrs | 3 | by Court Reporter
Incestuous cousins escape jail term
Harare Cousins Patrick Zingwena, 24, and Josephine Muonde, 19, whose love for each other led to a sexual relationship have escaped jail and will have to perform 140 hours of community service....Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher sexually abuses six pupils, arrested
POLICE in Matabeleland North have arrested a 42-year-old male teacher from Sipepa High School in Tsholotsho District for allegedly sexually abusing six schoolgirls.In an interview on conditio...Published: 02 Oct 2012 at 04:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons for non-examination classes is criminal
SCHOOLS in the country will not be allowed to conduct holiday lessons for non-examination classes and those that will be found doing so will be punished as such acts are criminal and premised on gree...Published: 05 Aug 2012 at 02:49hrs | | by Staffreporter
Zimsec extends O'level and A'level registration deadline
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) has thrown prospective Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates a lifeline, as it has extended the registration deadline by a week.The initial ...Published: 15 May 2012 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
