Author Archives: David Coltart

The Chronicle 15 February 2013 The Government is mulling plans to re-introduce the Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC) in a bid to improve the national pass rate. The ZJC examination was suspended in 2000 when hyperinflation pushed it running to unaffordable levels. In an interview on Wednesday, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said […]

Mail & Guardian By Jason Moyo 15 February 2013 Few things get a Zimbabwean going like slighting their much vaunted education system. We will soak up all forms abuse, but never try take away our old adage that we are the most literate people on the continent – at 92%, according to the United Nations […]

The Herald By Robson Shakuro 15 February 2013 DAVID Coltart’s name featured prominently, in a BBC Radio Five Live special, broadcast last week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the day Andy Flower and Henry Olonga staged their black armband protest at Harare Sports Club during an ICC Cricket World Cup tie. Alison Mitchell, the […]

Zimbabwe Independent By Paidamoyo Muzulu 15 February 2013 THE current stampede by local politicians to represent their parties as candidates in the next crucial elections expected later this year further shows they view political office, not as a means to serve the public, but a route towards business and wealth accumulation, analysts say. While politicians […]

The Chronicle By Lungile Tshuma 14 February 2013 “Some of our teachers were telling us to go for extra lessons. Incentives became an important part in their life than our education,” cried a pupil who failed her Ordinary Level examinations. “Sometimes they would tell us that the Government is not paying them enough money. As […]

The Herald By Felix Share 14 February 2013 CLOSE to 80 percent of school headmasters countrywide are in an acting capacity, amid reports that those aspiring to fill the posts do not have the requisite qualifications. Most education officials at district and provincial offices are also serving in an acting capacity as the freeze on […]

The Herald 14 February 2013 THE Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, was last night expected to meet the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, Peter Chingoka, to discuss problems bedevilling the sport in the country. Coltart yesterday indicated on his Facebook wall that he was going to hold a meeting with Chingoka “to […]

The Chronicle By Prosper Ndlovu 13 February 2013 HUNDREDS of pupils in Bulawayo are forced to learn under crowded conditions amid reports that there is a serious shortage of classrooms at the city’s schools. According to the council’s latest report, most schools have a bloated enrollment that makes it difficult to conduct lessons effectively. Bulawayo […]

Daily News By Fungi Kwaramba and Mugove Tafirenyika  12 February 2013 Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is reportedly pushing fractious  MDC formations to form a united front against President Robert Mugabe in  elections scheduled for June this year, the Daily News can reveal. Highly-placed insiders from the two formations yesterday told the Daily News that representatives from […]

Daily News By Guthrie Manyuki 12 February 2013 In my view, Education,  Sports, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart, fits perfectly into William Shakespeare’s statement that: “there is no art to find minds construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I had built an absolute trust”. Simplified the Shakespearean statement, in Macbeth, […]