Monthly Archives: April 2010

Sunday Mail 18 April 2010 Sunday Mail Reporter CABINET is considering a number of strategies to improve the welfare of teachers to stop their exodus ahead of the second school term. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, revealed that he had raised the issue in Cabinet last week to stop […]

The Herald 17 April 2010 By Sydney Kawadza and Felex Share Government is working hard to ensure Zimbabwe’s education system regains its status as one of the best in Africa, President Mugabe has said. Addressing schoolchildren and guests at the traditional Independence Day children’s party at the City Sports Centre in Harare, President Mugabe said […]

Education International www.ei-ie.org 16 April 2010 Zimbabwe Education Minister David Coltart promised delegates attending the annual conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) on 14 April that he would immediately terminate the possibility for parents to pay incentives to teachers, if the country’s teachers organisations would ask him to do so. Coltart, who said to […]

The Guardian Friday, 16 April 2010 Three decades of bloodshed prompt revisionist view of president who went from freedom fighter to tyrant Prince Charles saluted as the band played God Save the Queen. Thousands at the Rufaro football stadium in Salisbury, Rhodesia cheered when the union flag was lowered on one pole, and the red, […]

VOA By Peta Thornycroft Johannesburg 16 April 2010 Zimbabwe celebrates 30 years of independence this weekend but there is little hope for the future in a country only slowly recovering from economic collapse after three decades of President Robert Mugabe’s rule. The first two years of Zimbabwe’s independence were optimistic. Good crops and peace after […]

RadioVOP April 16,2010 The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has written a stinging letter to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as Head of Government and President Robert Mugabe as Head of State telling them that they are now fed up with their low salaries, Radio VOP can exclusively reveal. ZIMTA President Tendai Chikowore said :”We are fed […]

Chronicle 16 April 2010 By Brian Chitemba in Harare THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) is deeply divided over the payment of incentives to teachers by parents with some advocating for the scrapping of the facility while others want the arrangement to stay. The teachers, meeting at the Zimta 29th annual conference in Harare yesterday, failed […]

SWRadio Africa 15 April 2010 In response to calls from residents, over the on-going education crisis, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association has invited the Minister of Education, Sports, Art and Culture, David Coltart to address residents. Residents in Bulawayo have passed complaints about the state of the country’s education system. It has seen teachers perpetually on […]

Financial Gazette Thursday 15 April 2010 By Clemence Manyukwe, Staff Reporter A UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) US$13 million tender for the local printing of 2, 6 million primary school textbooks has sparked controversy with some publishers calling for its suspension, citing irregularities. The tendering process saw Longman Zimbabwe being awarded the tender last Thursday […]

Radiovop.com April 14, 2010 Harare, – The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, David Coltart, says donors have told him that they will not support the payment of teacher salaries because Zimbabwe is a bottomless pit. Coltart said : “Donors have told me that this country is a bottomless pit and they will not support […]