Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Herald By Felex Share 31 March 2012 Government owes the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council US$1,9 million, which has seen the body fail­ing to pay last year’s Ordinary and Advanced Level markers. Markers say the situation will affect future examinations as a lot of people were “continuously” losing faith in Zimsec. Education, Sport, Arts and […]

New Zimbabwe 31 March 2012 Education Minister, David Coltart said Friday it is investigating how school text books donated by the U.N. children’s agency wind up in the hands of bookstores and street vendors. The United Nations Children’s Fund has supplied 22 million books since late 2010 after a decade of economic meltdown that left […]

The Patriot By Mashingaidze Gomo 30 March – 5 April The Coltart story in The Herald issues of March 21 and 22 makes interesting reading. Under the Education Transition Fund, UNICEF sponsored Zimbabwean schools with textbooks to the commendable ratio of one book per student. The tender to supply the books was awarded to Longman Zimbabwe. The […]

The Telegraph By Aislinn Laing 30 March 2012 Textbooks donated to Zimbabwe’s schools aided by British funding are being hawked on Harare’s streets, it has emerged, as Britain pledges another £23m for the country’s stricken education sector. Some 22 million books have been distributed to more than 3,000 schools since the UN-run programme was launched […]

Newsday 29 March 2012 Zanu PF supporters on Wednesday turned President Robert Mugabe’s launch of a government e-learning programme at Chogugudza Primary School in Domboshava into a party event, turning up clad in their party regalia and chanting praise songs for the 88-year-old party leader. MDC-T national organising secretary and Information Communication Technology minister Nelson […]

By Felex Share 28 March 2012 Government and its development partners yesterday signed a U$38 million agreement under the Education Transition Fund Phase II. The funds, provided by UKAid, are expected to enhance and improve governance systems and training of teachers. Unicef, working with the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, will manage the fund […]

27 March 2012 Education Minister David Coltart has warned that students from Matabeleland North are being crowded out of university opportunities because of a breakdown in education infrastructure in the province. On average, 20 pupils share a single desk in the province, while 17 share a bench. Presenting shock statistics, Coltart said of the 175,000 […]

VOA By Tatenda Gumbo 27 March 2012 Secretary general Raymond Majongwe of the Progressive Teachers Union says there is a loophole in the system allowing vendors to access the textbooks, which is a shame as school children are again missing out on a proper education. Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Education has launched an investigation after teachers […]

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa By Richard Lee 27 March 2012 Zimbabwe’s education system has received a huge boost from the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID), which has announced that it is allocating US$38 million to the second phase of the Education Transition Fund (ETF). The Fund, which is managed by UNICEF, has […]