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Speech delivered by Honourable Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture on the occasion of the secondary textbook distribution and Education Transition Fund II BAK Storage Distribution Centre, Harare 3 November 2011 As Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, I feel highly honoured by the presence at this occasion of high […]

NewZimbabwe.com 3 November 2011 The Zimbabwe government, the United Nations and other Western donors have launched an US$85 million education fund aimed at improving education in the country’s secondary schools. The donation will pay for seven million textbooks, and follows a similar project last year in which UNICEF and other agencies donated 13 million textbooks […]

The Herald 2 November 2011 Zanu-PF says teachers’ incentives should be exempted from taxes to avert labour unrest from disenchanted educators. The call comes after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority decided to tax incentives that school development committees have been paying to teachers to cushion them from the paltry salaries they are getting from Government. Zanu-PF’s […]

VOA By Jonga Kandemiiri 2 November 2011 Zimbabwe Teachers Association Secretary General Richard Gundani said the decision was welcome as children are now writing examinations. Moving to end a controversy over the taxation of cash incentives to low-paid Zimbabwean teachers by parents and schools, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has promised to direct the Zimbabwe Revenue […]

AfricanBrains launches The Southern African ICT for Education Summit being held at the Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 26-27 January 2012 PRWEB 2 November 2011 AfricanBrains is proud to announce, under the patronage of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, the launch of The Southern African ICT for Education Summit 2012 being held at […]

The Herald  Felex Share 1 November 2011 The taxation of teachers’ incentives by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has caused panic among educators, with unions  threatening to call for a strike as pupils write public examinations. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday that Zimra’s move should be stopped forthwith to avoid further […]

Newsday By Ronald Moyo 1 November 2011 Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe has claimed some officials in the Education, Sport, Arts and Culture ministry were behind the proliferation of illegal colleges recently closed in a government clampdown. “Anyone with money can open up an illegal college including those from within the […]

Newsday 1 November 2011 Gender disparity between men and women in terms of access to education, especially upper secondary, is widening in Zimbabwe, a recent United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) report has concluded. According to the report Global Education Digest released last week, Zimbabwe is one of sub-Saharan African countries that did […]

IPS By Ignatius Banda 31 October 2011 BULAWAYO – As concerns deepen about the quality of education in Zimbabwe, parents can expect an indefinite extension of subsidising teacher salaries as the cash-strapped government struggles to meet the bloated civil service wage bill. Teacher incentives – a stipulated amount of usually between two to five dollars, […]

The Standard By Brian Nkiwane 30 October 2011 A vicious black dog and its litter of four puppies have found a new home at the crumbling Magamba Hockey Stadium in the capital. Once touted as the best hockey stadium on the continent, the multi-million dollar sports facility was built towards the 6th All Africa Games, […]