A violent hailstorm destroyed classroom blocks at Dambudzo Secondary and Lundi Primary schools in Zvishavane on Monday, putting final examination preparations in disarray.
This comes with less than a week before grade seven examinations and a fortnight ahead of ordinary level exams.
Lessons were suspended at Dambudzo Secondary School to clear debris while the local leadership and school administrators at Lundi Primary School, where three classroom blocks and a teacher’s cottage were destroyed, convened an urgent meeting on Tuesday to chart a way forward.
The hailstorm also left a trail of destruction in the neighbouring village and business centre.