Monthly Archives: May 2012

Good to be home after leave – now down to hard work this week to get 5 year plan through Cabinet and prepare for US edu fund raising trip # It is critically important that we pass new regulations which will deal with lawlessness in the #Zimbabwean education sector. # Hearing the European "austerity debate" […]

Scotsman.com 12 May 2012 A row has broken out in Zimbabwe over the foreword inside millions of school textbooks donated with aid from the UK – with supporters of president Robert Mugabe saying children are being urged to “show gratitude to those who hate us”. Members of president Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party have accused education […]

Sahara TV Interview with David Coltart 12 May 2012 During an exclusive interview with SaharaTV’s Fungai Maboreke, David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture discusses a range of topics from President Robert Mugabe and the ruling Zanu-PF party to the country’s diamond industry to inflation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB3nEhgAZCcDavid Coltart on SaharaTV

The Herald By Felex Share and Kelvin Benjamin 7 May 2012 Schools open tomorrow amid calls by the Government for strict regulations to curb unilateral fees hikes. Most schools applied to the Government for permission to raise fees citing rising operating costs. The applications were turned down, but some schools increased tuition fees and levies […]

The Herald 7 May 2012 Pricing education, through fees and levies, can be very tricky, as parents and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, which must approve any changes, will agree. Pumping more money into education does produce better education, although the law of diminishing returns does apply. So doubling a fee rarely […]

The Standard By Bridgette Bugalo and Nqaba Matshazi 6 May 2012 Missing human rights activist Paul Chizuze is feared dead and Bulawayo police have since handed the matter to the Criminal Investigations Department. Chizuze has not been seen for almost three months and the latest development adds a new twist to the mystery of his […]

Financial Gazette 4 May 2012 Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, David Coltart, has defended the latest school fees increases at private institutions saying there are far below what is being charged by other institutions in the southern African region. Responding to a question posed on his official website by a parent who had asked […]

Financial Gazette By Tinashe Madava 4 May 2012 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has lashed out at the members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, accusing them of incompetence. This follows the tabling in Parliament of a report on the committee’s investigations into the primary and […]