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Mnangagwa calls for education system overhaul
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a radical overhaul of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) education system to boost industrialisation and innovation. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:50hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Disband colonial education replicas; Mnangagwa warns SADC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders and representatives of member states' respective educational institutions to disband curriculum infras...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 17:34hrs | 1082 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Ex-Minister blames devolution delay for Ndebele language woes
A former government minister has criticised the government for failing to fully implement devolution, which he claims has led to the deployment of non-local language-speaking teachers in Matabeleland....Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education system is outdated
Former Education minister Fay Chung says Zimbabwe's education system was designed to last for at least 20 years, but now has been in use for over 40 years, rendering it outdated.Chung (FC), wh...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The other side of Rhodesia’s education system
One of, if not the only critical aspect of the Rhodesian educational system was that it was inspired with skills. Of course, there is tons of empirical evidence on the vices of institutionalised racia...Published: 24 May 2019 at 15:39hrs | 108 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks to increase Science teachers
THE Government has spent $3 million on Science and Mathematics teacher training in a bid to improve the quality of students that are churned out to teach the critical subjects.Mathematics and ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government aims 5,000 Maths teachers target
GOVERNMENT is targeting to produce 5 455 Science and Mathematics teachers by 2023 following a $3 million intervention to alleviate a shortage of personnel by increasing intake and training institution...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase number of teachers' training colleges - Murwira
THE MINISTER of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technological Development Amon Murwira has said the government will increase the number of teachers training colleges in the country so as to ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
More enrol to train as teachers
TEACHERS' colleges have in recent months witnessed a 10 percent increase in the enrolment of students intending to train as secondary school teachers, an official has revealed. In his keynote ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns State colleges
Government has warned its colleges and universities to comply with a directive to reduce fees for students on attachment saying those not abiding by the order face charges of insubordination.S...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
IDBZ to ease students accommodation crisis
THE Infrastructural Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has secured land for the construction of a student accommodation facility in Lupane for students at Lupane State University.This comes as Lupane Sta...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Overhaul of Zimbabwe higher education system starts
Government will overhaul university and college curricula, aligning them with the modern job market and broad economic growth fundamentals.All public institutions and private firms are being a...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents to pay Grade Zero teachers' salaries
HARARE - Parents of children enrolling for Early Childhood Development (ECD) in public schools will have to foot the full bill to do with their offspring's early education, including paying for teache...Published: 18 Dec 2017 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland North to get teachers training colllege
Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Godfrey Gandawa has said prospective teachers from provinces that do not have training college's should...Published: 12 May 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
The un-ended quest for self determination the restotration of Mthwakazi Inkuzi Series: Discussion Paper 2
1. Introduction This paper is multi-fold with a specific motivation of triggering an intellectual debate, coupled with not only comments but positive se...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Lifeline for Zimbabwean teachers based in South Africa
Governments of Zimbabwe and South Africa have come up with a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) to protect Zimbabwean teachers who are working in the neighbouring country.Presently, South Afric...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
17 000 vacancies for ECD teachers
MORE than 17 000 Early Childhood Education (ECD) teachers are needed across the country to address teacher staff shortages in primary schools at a time when the Government has reiterated that it will ...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:22hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka/Walter Mswazie
Why we will vote for RG Mugabe again
This great success did not come by accident - it's due to the deliberate educational policies of the Zanu-PF Government under the visionary leadership of President RG Mugabe. He poured resources into ...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Dr Ignatius Chombo
'Capacitate teachers for new curriculum'
THE Government has said practising teachers need to be retrained in preparation for the new education curriculum being introduced by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education next year. The Mini...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Govt freezes hiring, promotions
THE Government has with immediate effect frozen the recruitment of employees and promotions in the civil service, as part of its staff rationalisation exercise in line with recommendations of the Civi...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Ndebele exiles warn Zanu-PF tribalists of severe consequences over Lupane arrests
Lupane- The people of Lupane have vowed to continue fighting the Zanu-PF government over its tribal policy of deploying Shona speaking teachers in the district.The villagers said they were prepared to...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 10:50hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Tribalism or ethnic disharmony retards Zimbabwe's development - Part 4.3
Tapping wisdom from Zambian humanism, Tanzania's Ujamaa and German's multi-culturalism! They implemented social policies that made multiculturalism possible, coped well in integrating multiple societi...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 22:45hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
What Next After the Past for the Future - SA Matrics 2015
Tuesday 5th January 2016 I was glued to my TV as #MatricResults2015 were announced. A slim boy like me during my good day Hamadziripi Matiba from Limpopo was amassing Top Achiever awards. Sadly Limpop...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 18:38hrs | | by Rufaz Marufu Mavhure
20 000 temporary teachers face the boot
MORE than 20 000 untrained teachers may become jobless next year as Government has finalised the documentation for standards, which recommends exclusion of unqualified personnel from schools, the Mini...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5000 Zimbabwean teachers to lose their jobs?
ABOUT 5,000 teachers risk being struck off the government payroll for failure to submit certificates from training institutions soon after graduation.It is a legal requirement that upon appo...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Govt keen on engaging unqualified teachers'
SCHOOLS opened for the third term on Tuesday with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education rushing to fill more than 10,000 vacant teaching posts with temporary teachers, while thousands of...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Angry Ndebele people demand more teacher training in Zimbabwe
Lack of teacher training colleges in Zimbabwe's southern regions has raised tribal and political tensions as the minority Ndebele group resists the deployment of teachers from President Robert Mu...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 18:56hrs | | by Kudzai Mashininga
Non-Ndebele speaking teachers probe shelved
THE proposed probe by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education into the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland has reportedly been shelved.Professor Paul Mavhima, t...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Shona teachers in Matebeleland Primary and Secondary Schools
People with a defeatist mental say that it is too late to address the issue of domination of the Shona-speaking teachers in Matabeleland schools. They state it is the proverbial locking of stable...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 10:25hrs | | by Bokane Vundla
Govt to assess deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Mat
The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Prof Paul Mavhima will this week lead a delegation to assess the problem of deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland. ...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Non-Ndebele teachers issue under probe
The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Prof Paul Mavhima will this week lead a delegation to assess the problem of deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland. ...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Leonard Ncube
Deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers defended
DEPUTY Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Paul Mavima says the shortage of qualified teachers is resulting in the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers to the Matabeleland region....Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
STDs hit Zimbabwe varsity students
Incidences of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rife among students at various universities and tertiary institutions around the country, an investigation by The Standard reported.Th...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA grade 6 pupils outperforming their teachers in maths
Johannesburg - Some Grade 6 pupils in South Africa are outperforming their teachers in mathematics tests.This is the alarming result of a study by Nicholas Spaull, a University of Stellenbosch...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 16:31hrs | | by City Press
How we turned Zimbabwe's education sector around
ZIMBABWE is recognised as having one of the best education systems in Africa, but when I took office as Minister of Education in February 2008 I found it in chaos.Nearly all schools were close...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 05:27hrs | | by David Coltart
Economic development for Rhodesia
With the rapid development of the Rhodesian economy, despite sanctions. the need to involve black Rhodesians more closely became paramount, so that they could form an integral part of this development...Published: 29 May 2013 at 06:10hrs | 7 | by Business reporter
NGO fights for Tonga
BULAWAYO - A non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Binga is recruiting Tonga speaking youths to undertake teacher-training courses to ensure that students in that area are taught in their mother tong...Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
85 % of trained teachers are shunning the profession after graduating
At least 85 percent of trained teachers are shunning the profession after graduating, citing poor pay and working conditions, a Cabinet minister has said.In an interview last week, Education, ...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MP fires all school teachers in his constituency who are not ZANU-PF supporters
A ZANU PF legislator, implicated in the murder of an MDC-T ward official last year, has reportedly fired all school teachers in his constituency who are not Zanu-PF supporters and were not raised in t...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by SW Radio Africa
Matebeleland and the emergent Generational Challenges
The current political trends obtaining in Matebeleland and calls for different systems of governance and policies, such as devolution of power, should be understood as offshoots of...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 09:45hrs | 4 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Matabeleland - the marginalization 'myth'
Ladies and gentlemen of my precious and beloved nations - Bakalanga, BaNambya, Vhavenda, BaPfumbi, Babirwa, bakwaXhosa, nina beSilo bakaPunga noMageba, maNdebele, I am back again. Today I want to addr...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:58hrs | 10 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel
Massive teacher shortage hits Zimbabwe education
Principal director for finance, administration and human resources in the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Mrs Sibonginkosi Mutasa, last Friday reported that out of the 111 000 teachi...Published: 19 Jul 2011 at 11:09hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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