School heads wore royal navy uniforms and conducted a procession in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) yesterday as part of proceedings of the third edition of the Education Conference and Expo currently being held in the capital.
They marched from Ambassador House to the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) where the conference is being held until 1 September. Speaking to Sunday News, Permanent Secretary in the Education Ministry Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango clarified that the choice to wear the uniform was not a directive from her ministry but a decision reached by the school heads during the preparatory meeting. Said Utete-Masango:
This was their decision. They said they want to show that they are one family by wearing the same colour during the procession. Normally provinces have their own colour codes but this time the heads decided that they want to come in one colour, royal blue shirts for men and the same colour blouses for ladies.
There are reports that the school heads were made to chant ‘Gushungo’.