Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Herald 13 October 2009 Harare — Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart will today meet Zimsec staff to try and resolve a row that threatens the smooth running of public examinations in November. Minister Coltart said he would first meet with management before separately engaging workers at 2pm. He said he had […]

ZimEye.org By John Chimunhu October 11, 2009 ”Education Minister David Coltart’s tough line against Zanu PF militants who had set up bases in schools appears to have worked” a teachers union has said. The Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ), which had raised complaints about the disruptive presence of the militias in many of the country’s schools […]

The Zimbabwean By John Chimunhu Monday, 12 October 2009 HARARE – About 8 000 teachers who fled election violence last year and only returned to their posts in 2009 have gone for months without pay as retribution for their perceived support of the MDC, a union official has charged. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) […]

VOA By Scott Bobb Harare 12 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay. The country’s unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to raise funds for education and other basic services in the face of depleted revenues caused by the country’s economic problems. […]

Sunday Mail By Lovemore Chikova 11th October 2009 THERE is a joke doing the rounds in Harare these days that a person who buys more beer than others in a beerhall or at a bottle store should be a teacher or a headmaster. The joke emanates from the fact that teachers have suddenly become the […]

IPS By Ignatius Banda 8th October 2009 BULAWAYO, Oct 8 (IPS) – Schooling is increasingly becoming a privilege of the rich, Zimbabwean parents and teachers’ unions complain. The country’s cash-strapped education ministry is charging a fee of 20 U.S. dollars per ‘A-level’ subject to cover costs – but a majority of students have failed to […]

The Herald By Bhekizulu Sibanda 7 October 2009 OPINION ONE can be forgiven to conclude that the media were instrumental in reversing the examination registration deadline. Was the Ministry of Education going to throw a lifeline to students who had failed to beat the September 25 deadline were it not for the media and public […]

SW RadioAfrica By Violet Gonda 6 October 2009 A rather subdued Robert Mugabe finally opened the Second Session of the Seventh Parliament on Tuesday, where Morgan Tsvangirai was also present at the official opening for the first time as Prime Minister. Several parliamentarians also said that for the first time there were no tensions in […]

The Zimbabwean By Privilege Musvanhiri Monday 5 October 2009 HARARE – Parents have expressed mixed feelings on the decision by the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture to extend loans to students who failed to register for November 2009 public examinations. Maidei Chibvongodze, a parent from Harare’s Mufakose suburb said, “I welcome the latest announcement […]

IRIN 5 October 2009 HARARE, 5 October 2009 (IRIN) – Despite moves to salvage Zimbabwe’s ailing education sector, exorbitant fees are keeping many poor students from writing the examinations that will allow them to gain a school-leaving certificate at the end of 2009. A recent survey by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) revealed […]