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If Zimbabwe Wants Rugby Glory, We Must Play All Year Round
Now that Zimbabwe is back in the Rugby World Cup final 2027, countries that dominate the world rugby stage share one common trait, they play the sport throughout the year. Whether it is New Zealand, S...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 16:48hrs | 92 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimsec grade 7 results are out
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has announced the release of the 2023 Grade 7 examination results, with students able to access their results on the Zimsec online portal starting tod...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 15:51hrs | 14221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt releases 2025 school calendar
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced the school calendar for 2025.The First Term will begin on Tuesday, January 14, and conclude on Thursday, April 10. The Sec...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 13:46hrs | 7894 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changes schools' closing date for examination classes
The Zimbabwean government has adjusted the holiday school calendar for public examination classes. Schools will now remain open until August 22 for these classes, i...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:29hrs | 2623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children hardest hit by cholera outbreaks
In Zambia, schooling is being disrupted; in Zimbabwe, children are hardest hit; and in Malawi, health services are compromised by widespread cholera outbreaks.Meanwhile, only three countries i...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage sit in as schools open for 2024, demand US$1,200 salary
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has asserted that its members nationwide participated in a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar to protest against inadequate sa...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Girls outshine boys in Grade 7 results
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven results released yesterday have a 45,5 pass rate, significantly up from 40,7 last year, with girls on average doing better than boys with a 49...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec grade 7 results are out
The ministry has announced that the heads of schools will be able to collect the results from the respective ZIMSEC Regional Offices from Monday, the 4th of December 2023.It has been informed ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 15:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school closing dates unchanged
Despite a two-day delay in the opening of schools due to last month's harmonized elections, the closing dates for the third term will remain unchanged. The government will, however, implement measures...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:48hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Lower 6 classes begin today
Lower Sixth classes start today, with boarders having travelled yesterday to their respective schools, following the release of O'Level results last week.Zimbabwe National Union of School Head...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Lower 6 classes set to start Monday
This year's Lower-Six learners will start their A-Level classes on Monday after the release of O-Level results early this week.The short gap between the release of the O-Level results and the ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girls shine in 2022 Zimsec results
Last year's Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) A-Level results had a pass rate of 88 percent, 4,87 percent higher than the 83,13 percent of 2021, with female candidates scoring even better ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Term 1 begins
SCHOOLS open today for the First Term of the year with the Government expected to outline modalities for the rollout of State-funded free education policy targeting mostly vulnerable rural schools....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to open despite flood alert
SCHOOLS will open for the 2023 first term tomorrow, with the exception of boarding schools in two provinces where the authorities have issued an adverse weather alert, prompted by downpours over the w...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girls outperform boys in Grade 7
Grade Seven examination results released by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yesterday produced a pass rate of 40,09 percent, marginally below the 41,13 percent of last year, but girl...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'School heads cash in on Form One places'
SCHOOL heads are reportedly fleecing desperate parents, demanding as much as US$300 in bribes for 2023 Form One placements.Parents have started applying for Form One places through the g...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt recruits extra 10 000 teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months. The Public Service Commission has ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
O-Level results out
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has released Ordinary Level results with the country recording a 26,3 percent pass rate, a 1,57 percent increase compared to 2020.In a stateme...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools back to five-day learning week
THE Government has announced that as schools open for the second term on Tuesday, all pupils are now supposed to attend classes every weekday, finally bringing normalcy to one of the sectors that had ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2021 O-Level pass rate improves
Last year's Ordinary Level results are now out with a subject pass rate of 26,34 percent that is marginally higher than the 24,77 percent recorded in 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
O-level results expected out next week
ORDINARY Level results are expected to be released next week, a normal timeframe for their release according to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec).The examination council has sa...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Slow uptake of govt school fees assistance programme
THOUSANDS of pupils from vulnerable families are reportedly not registering for the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) meant to cater for their fees, with the Government indicating that figures ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deadline set for Zimsec O, A Level exams marking
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it is targeting to finish marking of O and A- Level examinations this week with results expected to be released shortly after.This comes ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams marking almost complete
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it is targeting to finish marking of O and A- Level examinations this week, with results expected to be released shortly after.This comes...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:20hrs | | 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
ZANU-PF has nothing new to offer
The Zimbabwe revolutionary party popularly known as Zanu PF has dismally failed to maintain its status quo and has lost its credibility in implementing sound developmental policies and good governance...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 13:15hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Civil servants get more US$
Treasury has announced a 20 percent salary increase for all civil servants plus an additional US$100 cash allowance, as well as school fees allowance among other non-monetary benefits.This fol...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for Form 1 places
COMMOTION and long queues were the order of the day at secondary schools in Bulawayo yesterday as parents rushed to secure Form One places for their children.This follows release of 2021 Grade...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
War of words erupts between govt and teachers over strike
GOVERNMENT has threatened to fire teachers who failed to report for duty on Monday and Tuesday, triggering an angry backlash from union leaders.Teachers unions declared their members were inca...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Girls outshine boys in Grade 7 results
Grade Seven results are out and were opened for online viewing yesterday, with Form One selection being done next week and classes starting on Monday, February 14.This is just a week after alm...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 results ready for release
Grade 7 results from last year's examinations are ready except for finalisation of a few administrative processes but the new Form Ones are likely to start school later than other classes with the Pri...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hiring of 10 000 teachers starts
The recruitment 10 000 teachers ahead of schools opening next Monday has been initiated by Government as it seeks to revise the teacher-pupil ratio from Grade One to Grade Seven, as well as fill vacan...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
New school calendar this week
The Government will this week announce a new school calendar that will also determine the new fees structure for the first term, an official has said.Schools will open on February 7.Ac...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open 7 February
THE government has announced that schools will open for the 2022 learning calendar on 7 February while the curfew now starts at midnight ending at 0530hrs, easing some of the restrictive measures put ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Zimbabwean teachers to be paid well
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nel- son Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to move with speed and open schools as the country's educa- tion sector risked...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 recovery rate continues to rise
THE national Covid-19 recovery rate continues to rise, raising hope for a return to normalcy under the new normal, with reopening of schools becoming a possibility.From Wednesday last week to ...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 regulations for hotels
THE Government has directed restaurants attached to hotels, backpackers' lodges and guest houses to restrict provision of food and drinks to room service while learning institutions are prohibited fro...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hints on schools opening
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday hinted that non-examination classes might open for the first term in three weeks' time, depending on the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country at...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening further delayed
Schools may only be able to reopen in three weeks at the earliest, depending on progress in limiting Covid-19 infection, with Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday extending the Level Two lo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High uniform prices push up family basket to $73,000
RETAILERS recently hiked the price of school uniforms by 230%, pushing the cost of the family basket to $73 000, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has revealed.CCZ in a statement on Frida...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | | 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
Schools to remain closed except for exam pupils 'until further notice'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday declared that schools will remain indefinitely closed, just hours after the ministry of primary and secondary education published the school calendar which state...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defers 2022 schools' opening
President Mnangagwa has today deferred indefinitely the opening of schools as part of measures to contain the Covid 19 pandemic whose infection rate and deaths have risen in recent days.He said on...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Staff writer
Omicron Schools to remain open
SCHOOLS will remain open until the end of the term on 17 December despite a resurgence of Covid-19 that has seen numbers of new cases rising.Some universities have, however, reportedly stopped...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Schools hit by COVID-19 outbreak
A NUMBER of private boarding schools have closed down and sent students home after an alarming increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases at the learning institutions.According to situational report...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 11 | 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 | 188 | by Concerned Parent
No going back on CALA, govt tells teachers
GOVERNMENT has vowed to continue with the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (CALA) in schools despite reservations by other stakeholders, describing critics of the programme as "non-progressive"...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt asked to explain on lost education period
Nkayi legislator Chief Ndlovu has questioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Cain Mathema on what measures his ministry has done to compensate for the lost time for the learners and te...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 10:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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