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Majority of Zimbabwean parents opposed to online lessons - research
The latest AFROBAROMETER survey has revealed that a majority of Zimbabweans are opposed to the continuation of online lessons. The findings were made public at a Mass Public Opinion Institute discussi...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 15:44hrs | | by George Swarei
Network challenges haunt Mat South villagers
FOR Mr Rapelang Nare of Buvuma area, Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, to make a phone call, he has to walk for about two kilometres to get to the business centre where there is network ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz defends data tariff hikes
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) yesterday justified data tariff hikes by telecommunications operators saying the telcos were actually operating below profitable thresho...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Scandalous data cost a violation of rights
THE rate at which data costs have continued to rise in Zimbabwe will leave a lot of people behind and will widen inequality between the rich and the poor, with devastating generational implications, e...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for exam classes re-opening
All systems are in place for the resumption of the 2021 Zimsec examinations after a two-week break over the Christmas and New Year holidays.President Mnangagwa last week announced the indefini...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to engage 10 000 more teachers
GOVERNMENT has announced plans to employ 10 000 teachers in 2022 in a bid to reduce the teacher-to-pupil ratio and decongest schools.While presenting the 2022 national budget last Thursday, Fi...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Shocking: Hillcrest College demands fees for 3 terms
In a shocking move, a private school in Mutare, Hillcrest College is demanding payment for 3 terms for the current school calendar year despite students attending for only 2 terms.Pare...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 20:05hrs | 184 | by Concerned Parent
School, parents clash over fees
Parents and management at Maranatha Junior School in Harare are at loggerheads after the institution demanded payment of fees for a "non-existent second term".Government deferred the re-openin...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Schools operating with skeleton staff'
MEMBERS of Parliament have revealed that several primary schools are operating with only a single teacher covering all grades in some instances, making it difficult for examination classes to prepare ...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
1 million more doses expected today
Another one million Covid-19 Sinovac doses are expected to arrive today taking Zimbabwe's total deliveries to over 11 million doses, as the country goes overdrive to protect its people from the pandem...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Parents report 'errant' school to govt
PARENTS of pupils at the Roman Catholic Church-run St Martins Convent Primary School in Harare have approached the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to seek its intervention on alleged unsancti...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams on this year, says Govt
GOVERNMENT has said the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November examinations will go ahead as scheduled with a possibility of a spillover to 2022 despite the COVID-19-induced disruption...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Cedric Steele
'Continuous lockdowns to hit Zimbabwe's literacy rate'
REPEATED lockdowns due to COVID-19, leading to continuous closure of schools, is impacting education in a hard way in landlocked Zimbabwe.On the eve of International Literacy Day, which is bei...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
All set for schools reopening
Parents of pupils in the three examination classes that start today were doing last-minute shopping yesterday, boarding schools had their buses ready at pick-up points in time yesterday morning while ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private schools demand own calendar
PRIVATE schools are reportedly insisting on sticking to their own calendar, arguing that their pupils have been attending lessons online during the period public schools were closed.Earlier th...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Covid-19 has affected South African children?
According to a UNICEF report, because of COVID-19, 40 percent of the children belonging to Eastern and South African countries are not in school anymore. Even before the pandemic hit the world, 37 mil...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:42hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
Schools second term now impossible
THE Government is considering scrapping this year's second term and ordering that when schools open, primary and secondary school pupils will learn continuously until they close in December, Sunday Ne...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thieves plunge Byo suburbs into darkness
BULAWAYO has been hit by a series of power outages with several suburbs going for weeks without electricity as organised copper theft syndicates continue to strike in the city. The Zimbabwe El...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High internet tariffs push online learning out of reach of many
THE rising cost of internet services at a time when learners countrywide are required to engage in online learning as a Covid-19 mitigation measure is a cause for concern. Schools have been closed sin...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to prioritise e-Learning in marginalised areas
NKAYI-Learners, teachers and parents in Nkayi have implored the government to prioritise marginalised communities under its much vaunted e-Learning Strategy. This comes hard on the heels of an e-learn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes school's tender processes
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into tender processes at Avondale Primary School, amid allegations of flawed tender processes where the school engaged two serv...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
CSO engage volunteer teachers to assist rural young people with education
A Civic society group - Community Compassion Care Trust has engaged volunteer teachers in rural areas to assist young people on education especially with the subjects such as Maths, Science and Englis...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:47hrs | 30 | by Stephen Jakes
Stranded Nust students beg for food
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are stranded in Bulawayo after government imposed travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the university's student repres...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
PTUZ demands data bundles for teachers
GOVERNMENT has been urged to avail free data bundles for teachers to enable them to conduct virtual lessons in the absence of face-to-face learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused havoc g...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of internet connectivity affecting govt e-learning programmes
ONLY 30% of schools countrywide have internet connectivity, a situation which is likely to affect government's online learning programmes during the COVID-19-induced lockdown period.This was r...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Teachers cash in on US$140 incentives
SOME schools in the Matabeleland region are reportedly demanding between US$1 to US$10 from learners per week as incentives for teachers to attend class, despite learners having paid fees in full....Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official house raided, wife, kids beaten
Daring machete-wielding robbers raided a house belonging to a Zanu-PF official and former Member of Parliament for Mbizo, Vongaishe Mpereri in broad daylight over the weekend.The robbers beat ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 15:03hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang tortures top Zanu-PF official's wife
THE wife and two children of a senior Zanu-PF official in Kwekwe were last week tortured by machete-armed robbers at the family's home demanding gold.After failing to secure the gold the unide...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former MP's family narrates armed robbery ordeal
A gang of about five robbers armed with machetes, axes, iron bars and knobkerries allegedly pounced on former Mbizo legislator, Vongaiishe Mupereri's house in Golden Acres in Kwekwe where they got awa...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt sweats over situation in schools
THE government is enforcing security measures in schools to make sure Covid-19 protocols are observed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the viral disease in all learning institutions, Informati...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Let's banish the urban-rural chasm
Devolution now steadily but surely underway in our country, with provincial ministers of state also tasked with implementation of the new beginning, must sooner rather than later see rural areas where...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:17hrs | 4 | by Stephen Mpofu
'Errant private schools risk deregistration'
PRIVATE schools which began their operations before the 2021 three-term school calendar was announced risk deregistration for violating government policy, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minist...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Private schools want own calendar
PRIVATE schools have proposed to Government to have a different school calendar from the one announced by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education last week. The schools want the first ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Godknows Hofisi
Students not ready for June exams, says teachers
TEACHERS' unions yesterday said this year's 'O' and 'A' Level students were not ready to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations following the disruption of the edu...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema addresses successive zero pass rate issue
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has said the country needs to redefine the "zero pass rate" as it is not reflective of candidates' capabilities. The Minister made the rem...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | 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
Grade 7 results under scrutiny
A STUDY of Grade 7 results is underway to establish the challenges encountered by schools and pupils, which saw some learning institutions registering a zero percent pass rate, the Government has said...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wide Econet data network keeps businesses, communities going under lockdown
THE COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, busin...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:44hrs | | by Agencies
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 | 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
Varsity students cry foul over fees
Students at Zimbabwe's tertiary institutions are up in arms with their institutions, which they accuse of charging exorbitant fees for online classes during the lockdown period.Education insti...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mass school dropouts looming'
TEACHERS unions have warned of looming massive school dropouts as pupils are gradually losing commitment towards education due to the prolonged suspension of learning as a result of the COVID-19 pande...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers warned on private lessons
THE Government has warned teachers against conducting physical extra lessons as they risk being prosecuted for violating Covid-19 containment regulations, it has been learnt.The move comes ami...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'UZ defies lockdown'
LECTURERS and staff at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have accused authorities of defying lockdown measures by ordering them to report for duty or sign up official leave days. Lectures who sp...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Confusion grips Zimbabwe schools
Several schools across the country have already closed on their own, well ahead of the December 18 official closing day, as confusion reigns over the government's response to a resurgence in Covid-19 ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
We are not enemies of the State, says Majongwe
DIVISIONS rocked teachers unions recently over salary negotiations with government following a workers' strike which lasted for about two months. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Colleges suspend lectures over Covid-19
THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda and Kwekwe Polytechnic colleges have indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures after students tested positive for Covid-19 at the institutions. ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers slam Mnangagwa 'aggression'
Teachers' unions on Friday said they were "unmoved" by fresh threats by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who warned that his government could exclude from the payroll thousands of teachers who are boycot...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers refuse to return to work
AN acute shortage of sanitiser, PPE and clean water is putting pupils and school staff at risk of Covid-19, say unions.Teachers in Zimbabwe are refusing to return to work after the resumption ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
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