Category Archives: Press reports

The Zimbabwean 15 September 2009 The National Education Advisory Board, appointed in March this year, released its “Report on the Rapid Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe” yesterday at a Stakeholders Conference held at Prince Edward School, Harare. (Pictured: The Stakeholders in hall) The Assessment was funded by the European Commission, represented at […]

14 September 2009 Unicef.org UNICEF and its partners are launching a massive campaign in Zimbabwe to get textbooks into school classrooms. In one of the largest social initiatives of the past five years, the Educational Transition Fund announced today that it is spending $70 million on the initiative. Its goal is to ensure that all […]

14 September 2009 Zimonline HARARE – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday availed US$70 million to Zimbabwe’s under-funded education sector that is currently reeling under a two-week-old strike by teachers across the country. “The government of Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the international donor community today unveiled a US$70 million partnership […]

14 September 2009 Radio VOP Harare, September 14, 2009 -Education, Sports and Culture David Coltart on Monday appealed to the government to allocate more resources to the education sector as the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Monday availed 70 US million dollars to Zimbabwe schools. Speaking at the launch of the Unicef’s 70 US […]

14 September 2009 VOA By Ish Mafundikwa The international donor community has unveiled a $70-million Educational Transition Fund aimed at improving the quality of education for the country’s children. Some of the money will also be used to pay school fees for orphans and other under privileged children. Zimbabwe used to enjoy the highest literacy […]

14 September 2009 Zimbabwe Telegraph ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) national executive will meet before the end of this week to discuss whether to call off the on-going teachers strike. The Zimta national executive will also debate the effect of the strike on pupils sitting for this year’s public examinations in […]

14 September 2009 The Zimbabwean By Natasha Hove MUTARE – Police have arrested student leaders at Mutare Polytechnic following the publication of their open letter to Education Minister David Coltart bemoaning the collapse of the education sector. Student Representative Council (SRC) President Charles Chiyangwa and Secretary-General Bestinos Kundishora were detained at the Mutare CID law […]

14 September 2009 Newsnet The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has launched a training curriculum for teachers and other personnel in the ministry on conservation farming, which is expected to prepare them to implement and teach the concept in schools. The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has launched a training curriculum […]

14 September 2009 Newsnet The government of Zimbabwe in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and international donor agencies have launched a US $ 70 million Education Transition Fund (ETF) which is expected to lessen resource constraints being faced by the local education sector. The ETF was launched by Education, Sport, Arts and […]

14 September 2009 Moneybiz HARARE – A $70 million education fund was launched in Zimbabwe on Monday that aims to provide a textbook to every child and eradicate a ratio of one book per 10 school pupils. The fund, unveiled by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Zimbabwean government and international donors, is aimed […]