Monthly Archives: October 2009
Grade 7 examination preparations on course
The Herald 23 October 2009 Herald Reporter PREPARATIONS for this year’s Grade Seven examinations are well on course while thousands of Ordinary and Advanced Level students remain unregistered despite the Government’s offer to have them register on a loan basis. It has since been established that communication on how the loans could be accessed did […]
Zimsec fees lower
The Herald Herald Reporter 22 October 2009 EXAMINATION fees charged by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council are much cheaper than what other boards such as Cambridge are demanding, a Cabinet Minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said the fee structure was the best and competitive that one could get as […]
Teachers in Zimbabwe End Strike After Three Weeks
VOA By Scott Bobb Harare 20 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay, closing schools and causing parents to worry that their children might lose a second school year to Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. The country’s unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to […]
Marked reformation in the sporting realm
News from Ballantyne Park Cell Groups, Celebration Church Harare, Zimbabwe 20 October 2009 There has been a marked reformation in the sporting realm since David Coltart, a Christian MDC Senator, became Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture. In recent years cricket had become politicized and racially polarized which, added to dubious financial arrangements, had […]
PTUZ says exam deadline extension did not help
SW Radioafrica.com By Lance Guma 20 October 2009 A decision by the Ministry of Education to extend the deadline for pupils who had failed to raise fees for this year’s exams did not help, because most schools did not get the relevant government circular. Education Minister David Coltart issued a statement saying parents and guardians […]
What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence
Afrika Aphukira http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-would-gandhi-do-zimbabwe-neo.html By Steve Sharra Monday, October 19, 2009 What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence The theme for this year’s Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) annual conference, held from October 8 to 10 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, could not have been more apropos. Phrased as “The […]
Fees cost pupils their final exams
The National – Abu Dhabi By Thulani Mpofu, Foreign Correspondent October 18 2009 PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE. Ruth Nleya prepared for four years to take her final school exams, but her efforts went to waste because her parents were unable to raise the examination fees. Ruth, 17, the daughter of rural farmers, expected to sit her examinations […]
Shattered dreams
Sunday Mail By Kudakwashe Bwititi 18 October 2009 Goodwill Bosha, a bright Form Four student at Chipadze High School in Bindura, has always harboured a burning ambition to become a medical doctor. To ensure he achieved his dreams, Bosha deliberately chose to pursue science subjects like Chemistry, Biology and Integrated Science. He was supposed to […]
Bell tolls for child abusers in schools
Sunday Mail Sunday Mail Reporter 18th October 2009 Government last week launched a programme to eradicate the rampant cases of child abuse in both primary and secondary schools, following an upsurge of the vice. The programme — known as Learn Without Fear Campaign — would be supported by Plan Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organisation which works […]
Zimsec workers call off strike
The Chronicle 17 October 2009 Harare Bureau Zimbabwe schools examination Council workers have called off a week-long strike after hammering out a deal with the parent Ministry for the least paid employees’ salary to be increased from US US$115 to US$ 270. A Zimsec source close to the goings-on disclosed that the workers started receiving […]