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School bullying mirrors broken society
A FEW days ago, a video of Waddilove High School pupils beating a fellow pupil for not wearing a mask caused an uproar on social media.It was heartbreaking for many parents and guardians to wa...Published: 24 hrs ago | 426 | by Phyllis Mbanje
Let's end bullying in our schools
THE video of Waddilove High school students bullying another for not wearing a mask was heartrending.This incident shows that bullying is a major problem in our schools and that the problem is...Published: 24 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
81% of Zimbabwe's primary schools do not have internet access
81% of primary schools in Zimbabwe have no access to the internet while only 19% have, a status quo that is heavily stalling e-learning programmes in primary schools. This was revealed by the Informat...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:21hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
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Most incredible ways to acquire bitcoins easily!Bitcoin is the most trending topic nowadays as its value is touching the sky currently, and it is expected to increase more in the future. Every...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1365 | by Staff Writer
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Bitcoin is considered to be one of the highly desired currency across this whole world. It is not necessary that you will trade in the bitcoin and only then you are going to make profit out of it. It ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:31hrs | 128 | by Staff Writer
Lessons Learnt from WaMagaisa's Farm Mechanisation Expose'
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted peoples' lives in an unimaginable way, unless you are Bill Gates who anticipated the scourge. This disruption has forced organisations and governments across the gl...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1317 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Schools reopening date remains January 4
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema has called on pupils to be vigilant and take all necessary measures to prevent contracting the deadly Covid-19 virus during the festive...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 1110 | by Elliot Ziwira
Zimbabwean scientist in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough
A US-BASED Zimbabwe-born scientist Dr Tatenda Shopera has made history by being part of a team that developed the world's first Covid-19 vaccine. Dr Shopera is a senior scientist (bioprocess r...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Over 10 000 teachers resigned in 2020
THE Progressive Teachers Union in Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday claimed that more than 10 000 teachers around the country resigned from the profession in the months of September to December 2020.P...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
MPs slate Mthuli Ncube's national budget
PARLIAMENT has poked holes into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 budget allocation for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry after he allocated $55 billion towards education, 73% of which w...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Man steals, leaks O-Level exam papers
Police are hunting down buyers of Zimsec Mathematics and English examination papers stolen by a worker at the Zimsec printing works who was arrested and brought to court on Saturday. The 22-ye...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Phased opening for schools in January
SCHOOLS will open in two phases for the 2021 first term, with the first classes resuming lessons first week of January after Government declared that recent sporadic outbreaks of Covid-19 in schools h...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2745 | by Staff reporter
Reforming to rebuild Zimbabwe: A time for growth - Mthuli Ncube
With the recent announcements of vaccines to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is staring through their dark tunnel to get a glimpse of the light....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 05:55hrs | 892 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
MPs demand answers over Zimsec boob
MEMBERS of Parliament on Wednesday demanded that Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema must explain the issue of the Geography paper examination boob and the fact that children at rura...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in 'O' Level exam scandal
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was yesterday accused of presiding over "sham" examinations for several ‘O' level subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete mate...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Pupils barred from exam over US$3 sanitiser
KUWADZANA 3 High School pupils were last Friday barred from sitting for their Ordinary Level Mathematics examination paper after failing to pay US$3 demanded by the school authorities for hand sanitis...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Students forced to fit for O' level exam at night after Zimsec error
SOME students who sat for their Ordinary Level Geography Paper 1 multi-choice on Tuesday were shocked to find their exam question paper had no map to refer to during the crucial test as it had been om...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF official vows to take Mnangagwa head-on
RECENTLY-EXPELLED Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central official Goodman Tamuona Musariri says he is going to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy in the courts of law. He allegedly denounced Mna...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:25hrs | 6634 | by Staff reporter
Pupils in Zimsec nightmare
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (zimsec) examinations started in earnest last week but some candidates failed to sit due to failure to obtain national identity cards.John Mhandu (not his r...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
20 000 new teachers to start work
Another 15 000 to 20 000 qualified but unemployed teachers are being recruited by the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in line with a directive from President Mnangagwa, with 5 300 already in ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Schools to stay open despite COVID-19 ravages
GOVERNMENT will not shutdown schools in the face of rising numbers of students that have caught the coronavirus in recent weeks, forcing several schools to close.Information minister Monica Mu...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife donates masks to school children
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is the Angel of Hope Foundation patron, yesterday handed over a consignment of face masks to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, as she presses ahead wi...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach School closes as 100 students test positive to Covid-19
John Tallach Secondary School in Matabeleland North has been closed after 100 pupils and an undisclosed number of teachers tested positive to Covid-19, with the school now a quarantine centre with all...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:18hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets exam timetables
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has released timetables for the 2020 November candidates with Ordinary and Advanced level exams set to commence on December 1, while Grade Seven test...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Majongwe blasts Mnangagwa
FIREBRAND trade unionist, Raymond Majongwe has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop posturing on television and begin to address the plight of Zimbabwean teachers in earnest.The country's...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 8527 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe and Mnangagwa must leave politics; the people shall govern
Failed politicians must pack and go! What a breath of fresh air to read your todays article "No single or individual group can stage a revolution on its own".An Alliance of Democratic ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 5013 | by Nomazulu Thata
School suspends classes after two pupils test positive to Covid-19
Government has suspended classes at Rujeko Primary School after two pupils tested positive for Covid-19, a government official said yesterday.The Grade Seven pupils at Rujeko primary are among...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to dock teachers' salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's underfire government has ordered provincial education directors to name teachers who failed to report for duty since the reopening of schools in September, as it moves t...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 3921 | by Staff reporter
All systems go for schools ahead of reopening
When the last classes go back to school next week they will find that adequate measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines have been put in place to ensure safety of pupils. ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North rises to fill gap in teaching Science subjects
Matabeleland North Province has called for more government support in the education sector with particular focus on science subjects which have a bearing on the country's industrial development agenda...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 16:09hrs | 734 | by Staff Reporter
Minister summoned over crisis in schools
PARLIAMENT has summoned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to appear before it next week to explain measures the government has put in place to address the crisis in the education s...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCCs process soiled by factionalism, name-dropping and tribalism
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, including Cabinet ministers, survived a nerve-racking and tension-filled process at the weekend as the ruling party chose candidates for its divisive district co-ordinating co...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:52hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Student sues Zimsec over his Mathematics results
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has been taken to court by an Ordinary Level candidate who failed to obtain his Mathematics results after the college he had registered with was disqu...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 19:50hrs | 4389 | by Staff reporter
Tensions high at Zanu-PF PCC meeting
TENSIONS ran high at the Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial co-ordination committee (PCC) meeting yesterday over failure by party bigwigs to announce names of candidates that had successfully submitted the...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Teacher falls into mine shaft, dies while panning for gold
A Mathematics teacher from Zvishavane, who had absconded work to go and conduct illegal mining, died after he fell headlong into a 15-metre deep mine shaft while lowering his colleague with a rope....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:55hrs | 706 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt admits crisis in education sector
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted there was a crisis in the education sector and was working towards addressing grievances raised by teachers who downed tools last month demanding a living wage.Te...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Mathema chides journalists on schools crisis
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday chided journalists, accusing them of rushing to engage him before verifying reports that teachers were on strike.In an interview...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Teachers on MDC Alliance payroll, claims Chinotimba
BUHERA West MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) yesterday accused teachers of fronting for the opposition MDC Alliance through their endless industrial action, which he said had destroyed the education sec...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Massive teacher recruitment underway
GOVERNMENT has recruited 5 300 teachers in a drive that will result in about 20 000 unemployed but qualified teachers being hired as part of measures to ensure social distancing in schools. Pr...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
More chaos awaits schools
THE second phase of schools reopening today is set to increase the chaos in schools with teachers escalating their labour dispute with government over poor remuneration.Zimbabwe's school calen...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 7186 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening today
Next year's examination classes Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five return to school today, with the Government assuring parents that all necessary precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Schools Phase 2 starts tomorrow
THE Government is prepared for the second phase of the schools opening tomorrow which will see pupils in Grade Six, Form Three and Lower Sixth classes going back to school following nearly seven month...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to replace striking teachers
GOVERNMENT will this week ramp up monitoring of teacher attendance in schools to assess staffing gaps and determine areas that need additional educators to cover for those not reporting for duty....Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:35hrs | 928 | by Staff reportetr
Mnangagwa's Govt okays steep school fees hike
GOVERNMENT has approved a steep hike in school fees, which will see some pupils at boarding and urban day high schools forking out in excess of $55 000 up from $6 000 and $20 000 up from $3 000, respe...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
Teachers say they are open to dialogue
TEACHERS' unions say they are open to genuine dialogue with the government to end the current industrial action which has paralysed schools.This comes as teachers continue to stay away from school...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:54hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala grills Mathema over sex orgies, drugs in schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema was last week grilled in Parliament by Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) over alleged sex orgies and drug abuse in schools across the cou...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 7319 | by Staff reporter
20 pupils suspended over 'group sex'
ABOUT 20 Form Four pupils at Loreto High School have been suspended for allegedly engaging in group sexual activities in July. One of them has reportedly gone on a hunger strike in protest against her...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1771 | by Nomazulu Thata
Parents plot demo against proposed school fees hike
PAReNTS and guardians whose children are learning at Chogugudza Primary School in Domboshava, Goromonzi district, are plotting to demonstrate today against a decision by school authorities to raise fe...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
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