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ARTUZ boycott schools opening..plan mass protests, extra lessons
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has called upon its membership to further boycott schools opening, announce (plans for) mass protests and embark on extra lessons to force governme...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 08:14hrs | 1043 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe teachers not ready for January schools opening
As Zimbabwean schools prepare to reopen on January 14 for the first term, teachers' unions have voiced serious concerns over educators' readiness, citing financial incapacitation and resource shortage...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 18:44hrs | 12925 | by Staff reporter
'Send children to school,' ZANU-PF Councillor
Mhondoro-Mubayira's ward 27 councillor, Maxwell Zinyengere (ZANU-PF) challenged parents and authorities on making fees payment plans rather than abruptly dropping kids out of school.Speaking d...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:18hrs | 649 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Mhondoro
Zimbabwe decentralises teachers' recruitment
The government has announced a significant decentralization of the teacher recruitment process to district levels, aiming to address the pressing need for more qualified educators in the country. This...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:30hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Green bomber enrolment begins
The enrolment of 750 cadres for the National Youth Service in Zimbabwe has started countrywide, with President Mnangagwa expected to officiate at the relaunch of the programme next month.Cabin...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Green bombers training resumes
CABINET yesterday said the reintroduced and renamed Youth Service in Zimbabwe (YSZ) training will commence in June this year with 10 000 young people expected to be trained by year-end countrywide on ...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for education overhaul
Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has urged for a comprehensive overhaul of Zimbabwe's education system, citing its failure to keep pace with technological advancements. Chamisa emphasized the need for...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New curriculum divides teachers
THE proposed Heritage-Based Education 2024-30 Curriculum has divided teachers with some expressing scepticism, while raising concern on history of the country being made a compulsory subject.T...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$32m windfall for Zimbabwe education sector
The United Kingdom has unveiled a whopping US$32,4 million to Zimbabwe's education sector specifically to benefit disadvantaged schools, support a new curriculum and improve student retention....Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 16:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers tops Old Mutual Zimbabwe High Schools Quiz
Marist Brothers High School from Matabeleland North are this year's Old Mutual High School Quiz winne...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 13:21hrs | 33 | by Paul Ndou
Cruise ships shun Zimbabwean applicants
Some recruitment agencies have imposed restrictions on hiring Zimbabweans for cruise ship positions due to a history of individuals not returning to their ships when they dock in foreign ports. These ...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:08hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Legendary author praises learners for passion for Ndebele language
Prominent author Barbra Makhalisa has commended the enthusiastic interest shown by students in preserving the isiNdebele language. Makhalisa made these remarks as the guest of honor at the Ndebele Lit...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Force to fine-tune training of staff in defence of Zimbabwe airspace
The Air Force of Zimbabwe will continue training its personnel to meet the requirements of contemporary threats, building competent and determined forces ready to serve and protect the country, its pe...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parents reject Cala
PARENTS in Harare and other parts of the country have rejected the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) programme under the competence-based curriculum that was introduced in 2015 saying i...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parents ask to pay teacher incentives
PARENTS have implored government to allow them to pay incentives to teachers to rescue the education system from collapse.This came out on Friday during the 2023 pre-budget public hearings con...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi releases Geography book
Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Dr Energy Mutodi has released a new 'A' Level Geography text book to be used in schools across Zimbabwe.The new curriculum Geography textbook titled, "Advan...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 17:52hrs | 73 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe reviews schools curriculum
GOVERNMENT is reviewing the skills-based schools curriculum amid concerns over the implementation of continuous activity learning assessment (CALA) by parents and guardians. The Ministry ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC cries Zanu-PF rigging despite weekend by-election victories
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reiterated its demands for electoral reforms after two council by-elections won by the opposition weekend exposed massive vote buying and voter intimidation all...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt's attempting to paint a good picture in education sector
TEACHERS unions yesterday accused government of inflating the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) 2021 Advanced Level pass rate by 3,68% to present the country's education sector as stable....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec standoff leaves students, varsities in limbo
A STANDOFF between markers and the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has resulted in the examination board failing to release the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level results in time.I...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'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 ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zim – SA higher education partnerships for excellence
THE new normal has been revealing. An oscillation between threats and opportunities. On one end, we are exposed and the revelation, our great need for physical connectedness. The restrictions posed by...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Willie Chinyamurindi & Munacinga Simatele
'Zimbabwe requires 90,000 new teachers'
ZIMBABWE requires more than 90 000 new teachers following a mass exodus of educators as they opted for better-paying opportunities.Teachers unions yesterday told NewsDay that the mass exodus o...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers, govt face off today
TEACHERS and Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu will today meet in Harare under the cloud of threats to boycott public school examinations that are scheduled to begin today....Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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
Senior teachers resist CALA
SOME senior teachers are reportedly resisting the implementation of the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA).This was revealed by the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Educa...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly urges govt to address challenges in schools
PARLIAMENT has implored government to, among other interventions, increase allowances for rural teachers to incentivise them to stay in marginalised communities as well as provide schools with ablutio...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF Youth League statement on the occasion of the Day Of The African Child 2021 edition
The ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE joins all progressive forces in commemorating the Day of the African Child whose theme is "30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate implementation of Agenda 2040...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 3 | by Zanu PF Youth League
Police recruits to undergo victim-friendly training
POLICE recruits are now required to undergo mandatory victim-friendly training to enable them to appreciate human rights issues related to sexual abuse and gender-based violence (GBV).This was...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PushGodlwayo takes over primary school renovations of Nyamime school
A community-led initiative, #PushGodlwayo, which intends to spearhead development projects in Insiza District in Matabeleland South has stepped up efforts of renovating the run-down Nyamime Primary Sc...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Former students move to lift Nkayi school
IN the winter of 2019, about 20 pupils from Sagonda Primary School in Matabeleland North's Nkayi district set out on a 53-kilometre walk aimed at raising funds to purchase building and educational mat...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Blame game will not save Zimbabwe education
THE drop in the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 Ordinary Level pass rate by 6,8% from the 2019 rate has raised a red flag on how our education system is gradually deteriorating, an ...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe
Response to November 2020 results
The drop in the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council, ZIMSEC, 2020 O level pass rate by 6.8% from the 2019 pass rate has raised a red flag on how our education system is gradually deteriorating, the a...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:40hrs | 2 | by RTUZ
Develop, eat local products, says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE should leapfrog its development agenda through science and technology to catch up with other countries but come up with innovation that will see the utilisation and development of local produ...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
New exam model for Forms 4 and 6
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said this year all examination classes will be subjected to a new model that will combine marks for continuous assessment as well as final examinati...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite
RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Cov...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers bemoan drop in 2020 Grade Seven pass rate
TEACHERS have bemoaned the drop in the 2020 Grade Seven pass rate and urged Government to work with mobile network providers so that data for online lessons is affordable. The national pass ra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
More schools needed in Gwanda
GWANDA District in Matabeleland South province has a dire shortage of schools and existing institutions are crowded. Schools countrywide have closed indefinitely due to a spike of Covid-19 cases. ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa two years on
THE Second Republic under President Mnangagwa has, in the two years of its span, recorded a number of milestones across sectors towards the achievement of Vision 2030 to transform the economy and impr...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Nqobile Tshili, Nduduzo Tshuma and Prosper Ndlovu
Mashonaland East modern school complete
MASHONALAND East province is expected to officially open its first modern school that was built in Chikomba district along Harare-Chivhu Highway.Makumimavi Primary School is the province's fir...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4 | by Thulani Nkala
Second term, a term that never was
The long winter which we predicted at the beginning of second term has assumed permanency in the education sector. Our second term never really kicked off, learning was erratic and there seem to be no...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by ARTUZ
ZIMSEC and MoPSE should come clean on AG report
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ is angered by the findings of misappropriation of funds by government departments exposed by the Auditor General's 2018 report. We are particularly...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1 | by ARTUZ
Mnangagwa promises free education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic educati...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart raises red flag over education crisis
FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North education still a pipe-dream
SIFISO Ndebele, a Grade 5 pupil at Samukele Primary School in Matebeleland North, dreams of becoming a scientist.But sadly, her dream is not in tandem with the learning conditions at her schoo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doing "History without Walls" at Seke One High School
Seke One High school, located in Chitungwiza District under the Ministry of Primary and Secondary has remained consistent with its motto, "flying high at Seke One High" with efforts to make sure that ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 12:03hrs | 4 | by Brian Maregedze
T.C Hardy High School Child MP hits the ground running
The newly-elected Goromonzi South Junior MP, Fadzai Makuvise of Terence Cecil Hardy High School in Ruwa, Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe has hit the ground running, already leading other student...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 9 | by Brian Maregedze
Zimbabwe's first black woman to get driver’s licence
JOANNA Sibanda's life has been one long series of firsts and she is not shy to tell anyone who cares to listen. When one visits her warm home, she speedily unearths a stash of certificates and...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
New rules for Zimsec candidates
Students sitting for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary and Advanced Level exams in November will get a final mark that will be computed using a practical and examination mark,...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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