Monthly Archives: March 2009
Zim teachers back at work
The SA Times By Moses Mudzwiti 9 March 2009 Zimbabwe’s month-old unity government has scored a massive coup by persuading nearly all striking teachers to return to work. Last month David Coltart the new education minister promised schooling would be back to normal by today (Monday March 9). Lovemore Matombo the president of the Zimbabwe […]
Bulawayo team shines at Twenty20 tourney
Sunday News 8 March 2009 Sports Reporter THE Bulawayo team finished unbeaten at the two-day Gray-Nicolls Zimbabwe social cricket tournament, which ended at Queens Sports Club yesterday. Led by Adrian Fairburn and featuring former Zimbabwe internationals Heath Streak, Wayne James, the Rennie brothers John and Gavin, Bulawayo won all their three matches. Last Friday, Bulawayo, […]
New Terror for Returning Rural Teachers
The Standard By CAIPHAS CHIMHETE 8 March 2009 SOME schools, mainly in rural areas, remain closed after returning teachers were chased away by state security agents and war veterans who accused them of supporting the Movement for Democratic Change. Most of the teachers, who fled their schools in the run–up to the bloody June 27 […]
Open letter to David Coltart
The Standard 8 March 2009 Written by Giyani “Titsha†Moyo of Bulawayo HEARTY congratulations on being appointed Minister of Education Sport, Arts and Culture, arguably the most sensitive and vital after that of the Prime Minister. The ministry is very important because the responsibility of educating our children and the nation building lies solely in […]
Minister announces fees structure for public schools
New Zimbabwe.com 6 March 2009 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart announced a new school fees structure for public schools on Thursday which will see poorer students pay less or nothing. Pupils enrolled in primary schools in affluent suburbs will pay up to US$150 per term, with their counterparts in high density suburbs paying US$20. Rural schools […]
Government schools’ tuition fees announced
Herald 6 March 2009 The government has announced tuition fees in government schools for the first and second terms together with ZIMSEC examination fees for 2009. The government has announced tuition fees in government schools for the first and second terms together with ZIMSEC examination fees for 2009. In a statement, the Minister of Education, […]
Coltart: My main focus is not private schools
Financial Gazette 5 March 2009 By Njabulo Ncube AFTER a year of industrial action, public schools burst into life on Monday following an agreement between government and the two unions representing teachers – the Zimbabwe Teachers Union (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ). The Financial Gazette Political Editor, Njabulo Ncube (NN), sought […]
Learning resumes at Zimbabwean schools
Zimonline By Patricia Mpofu Wednesday 04 March 2009 HARARE – Learning resumed this week at schools across Zimbabwe as teachers heeded calls by the new unity government to return to work after several months striking for more pay and better working conditions. Education Minister David Coltart, who met teachers’ unions immediately after he was appointed […]
Zimbabwe Education in Desperate Circumstances
VOA By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 04 March 2009 Like everything else in Zimbabwe, education has felt the impact of the crisis of government under President Robert Mugabe and of an economy contracting at a record rate. The advent of the unity government has revealed the scale of devastation in a sector that is key to […]
School heads allegedly in voucher scam
Sunday Mail 1 March 2009 From Bulawayo Bureau SOME headmasters are allegedly taking advantage of the absence of teachers who skipped the country to cash in on their vouchers, it has emerged. Teachers were awarded the US$100 vouchers while the Government tries to source more funds early this month. According to impeccable sources, some headmasters […]