July 15
Zimbabwe: ZW$10m Basic Education Funds Lying Idle, Losing Value Due to Outdated Manual - AG Report
GOVERNMENT last year failed to use a total of ZWL$10,3 billion that was allocated towards vulnerable children under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), it has emerged. Read more »
July 01
Zimbabwe: Higher Education Deputy Minister Fired for Stoking Tribalism
Higher Education Deputy Minister, Simelisizwe Sibanda has been fired for discriminating against a Shona teacher deployed to the Matebeleland region. Read more »
June 10
Zimbabwe: Esigodini College Buckles Under Pressure, Allows Students Defaulting On U.S.$350 Fees to Undergo Assessment
ESIGODINI Agricultural College has buckled under pressure from restive students, who faced gloomy prospects of deferring studies due to non-payment of attachment fees pegged at… Read more »
June 09
Zimbabwe: Education Ministry Nudges Private Investors to Close Staggering 3,000 Schools Gap
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE), Torerai Moyo says there is a shortage of 3 000 schools in the country and challenged private investors to construct learning… Read more »
May 27
Zimbabwe: Children in Rural Zimbabwe Face Climate Change Crisis As Hunger Disrupts Education
CHILDREN in Zimbabwe's rural communities are bearing the brunt of the effects of climate change. Read more »
May 22
Zimbabwe: Teachers Union Leader Masaraure Convicted for Obstruction of Justice
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union leader Obert Masaraure has been convicted for obstructing justice by a Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka. Read more »
May 09
Zimbabwe: Teachers Say Government Has Ignored Calls for Discussions On Salary Increments
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has revealed that the government has ignored several of its calls for meetings to discuss their salary increments. Read more »
May 08
Zimbabwe: Teachers Dance At Work to Get Mnangagwa's Attention, After He Dished Out U.S.$800 to Supporter
MEMBERS of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have promised to show their dance moves in hopes President Emmerson Mnangagwa notices them and much like he… Read more »
April 04
Zimbabwe: Top Lawyer Stops University From Demanding U.S.$ Fees From Struggling Students
Human rights lawyer, Advocate Martin Mureri, has successfully launched a court challenge stopping Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) in Masvingo from demanding part of tuition fees in… Read more »
March 28
Zimbabwe: Prolific Public Speaker Set to Represent Zimbabwe At High Schools Competition in Poland
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March 25
Zimbabwe: Govt Bans Vacation School - Says Pupils Need to Rest
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has put its foot down outlawing the conduct of extra lessons, guised as vacation classes, during the upcoming April school… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Man Who Raped Grade 7 Pupil Jailed 15 Years
A KAROI man will forever rue the day he let lust take over him and proposed love to a juvenile before subsequently rapping her resulting in the girl falling pregnant. Read more »
March 21
Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Lecturers' U.S.$2 Per Hour Pay Shocker
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) part-time lecturers are getting a measly US$2.50 stipend for every hour spent teaching at the country's premier tertiary institution. Read more »
March 17
Zimbabwe: 5 Teachers Perish As Toyota Aqua, Haulage Truck Crash
Five teachers from Munyati Primary School situated a few kilometres outside Kwekwe perished in a horrific road traffic accident on Friday afternoon. Read more »
February 16
Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga Blasts Scholarship Offers for LGBTQI+ Students
GOVERNMENT has come out guns blazing to castigate foreign higher learning institutions offering prospective learners from Zimbabwe scholarships if they are lesbian, gay, bisexual… Read more »
February 13
Zimbabwe: Elite Schools Taken to Court for Withholding Pupils' Results Over Fee Arrears
Elite schools Lomagundi College and Gateway High School are up in arms with parents whose children were denied their examination results over tuition fee arrears. Read more »
February 10
Zimbabwe: Only 15 Percent of Zim Parents Discuss Sex Education With Adolescents - Study
A paltry 15% of parents in Zimbabwe are discussing sex education with their adolescent children leaving a vacuum which has increased the age group's vulnerability to early… Read more »
January 15
Zimbabwe: Teachers Scoff At U.S.$300 Salary - 'A Product of One-Armed Banditry' Says Union
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has scoffed at the US$300 Covid-19 allowance conversion into a salary describing the move as a mere 'tissue of misrepresentation'. Read more »
January 11
Zimbabwe: Teachers' Union Condemns 'Reckless' School Openings During Cholera Outbreak
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned the government's decision to reopen schools amid a widespread cholera outbreak, calling the move "reckless"… Read more »
January 10
Zimbabwe: Teachers Stage Sit in As Schools Open for 2024, Demand U.S.$1,2k Salary
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) claims its members across the country staged a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar in protest over poor… Read more »
December 29, 2023
Zimbabwe: Govt Warns Schools Against 'Illegally' Demanding Usd Payments Only, Forcing Parents to Buy Uniforms Directly From Them
The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Torerayi Moyo has warned schools administrations against demanding USD payments only while forcing parents and guardians to buy… Read more »
December 27, 2023
Zimbabwe: Govt Backtracks on Free Education Roll-Out
GOVERNMENT has backtracked on its promise to provide free education, saying the move requires resources and serious mobilisation strategies. Read more »
November 28, 2023
Zimbabwe: Students Sue University of Zimbabwe After Being Barred From Contesting in SRC Elections
Eight students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have dragged the school authorities to court after they were blocked from contesting in the upcoming elections to select student… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Zimbabwe: Education Ministry Sets Up Complaints Desks to Nip 'Unsavoury' Practices By Teachers, Headmasters
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has established district and provincial complaints desks to plug errant behaviour by teachers, headmasters and general… Read more »
September 22, 2023
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Told to 'Slow Down' After Petitioning Norton Schools Turning Away Learners
Recently elected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Richard Tsvangirai has been told to "slow down" following his alleged petition discouraging school authorities in… Read more »