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Owner Of Unregistered College Fined US$300

5 months agoTue, 29 Oct 2024 06:11:38 GMT

Owner Of Unregistered College Fined US$300

A 49-year-old man from Lalapanzi has been fined US$300 by a magistrate for operating an unregistered private college.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed that Munyaradzi Marufu appeared before the Mvuma Magistrates’ Court, where he faced charges for violating section 42(1)(a) in conjunction with section 42(3) of the Education Act, Chapter 25:04.

This law prohibits the establishment, operation, or maintenance of unregistered correspondence colleges and independent colleges, as well as certain related advertisements. Said the NPA:

The accused person was charged with unlawfully and illegally establishing, operating, or maintaining an independent college for a reward without being registered or approved by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
It is alleged that on an unknown date between January 2023 and October 2024, at Lalapanzi, the accused person, Munyaradzi Marufu, unlawfully and illegally established, operated, or maintained “Restoration Academy,” an independent college, without being registered or approved by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, in contravention of the Act.
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It is also alleged that the college was operating with approximately 140 to 150 students and 9 teachers teaching various subjects. The college is a high school with four classes: Form 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Marufu pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted. He was sentenced to pay a fine of US$300, with a four-month prison sentence imposed in the event of non-payment.

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18 Comments

Corruptmore Looto · 5 months ago

Blame the Zanu PF government for sleeping on duty, they have barely increased secondary schools, you will find that most of the primary schools still in use are Rhodesian era built, the government is just watching while the population explodes without increasing essential services. The Rhodesian regime was discriminatory but it did things with order, it didn't let the country rot, efficient public transport, working economy, a good railways, no load shedding, providing affordable housing through the local council..... But all this was destroyed by massive incompetence.

Tenmak · 5 months ago

maybe the guy refused to give the education officials some USD token that's why vakazomusungisa

wasu · 5 months ago

he is not the only one operating an unregistered college,akangoitawo munyama,these colleges are mushrooming everywhere.

ah sh!t why? · 5 months ago

why was he not fined in zig, in order to promote the use of sh!t zig in the sh!t economy ?

🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🎂🏆 · 5 months ago

kungwavhangwavha.vangani vakaroora pachivanhu nepachirungu asi vatorine mhuri dzakura.

tru · 5 months ago

300 is fair,probably they saw kut he was doing a good thing in that area coz maybe the nearest xul to the learners maybe a couple of kilometers away..

Onismo mafuta · 5 months ago

Yeah this is hell guys, so what the gvt expects us to do when gvt xull teacher doesn't attend lessons

ZimSketch · 5 months ago

the problem is not the sudden rise in numbers of these schools but the ZanuPf govt which is not providing adquate number of schools. The teachers in these formal schools don't attend lessons, so you pay school then you need to pay for extra lessons to the same teachers who don't attend lessons. the problem is ZanuPf govt

Andrew Chinamhora · 5 months ago

the law is very clear on that.before you start a college or school you need express government approval.same story about opening a private hospital or clinic.it has to be approved first.if there are no regulations to that then we will end up in a mess.rules need to be followed and adhered to.

shurushuru · 5 months ago

ko kuGold kwanaRushwaya hakunawo mutemo here.

Comic · 5 months ago

Ndandichiti Ko 4 million Iya how far mapapi

Poolteen · 5 months ago

parikutoda team rezvemweya athawaizi hapana zheti

AGP2333 · 5 months ago

ndakakuudzai kare kuti part of that money we wanted to fund our recent (and successful) conference kuZITF ko murikurasika papi

zig · 5 months ago

shame to the students who will be affected but why when gvmt schools a few and no teachers wat option does 1 have as parents

maHora · 5 months ago

teachers in gvt schools are always on strike mode. as a poor parent I can't afford to pay fees plus extra lessons

Patz · 5 months ago

Ndohutsinye manje uhwu. Where would the 140 students go and 9 teachers do. He is doing a splendid job and he is just like any other informal trader. He should have been simply given a time frame of regularisation while earning because the process of registering/ regularisation inoda mari futi. Indeginisation is nurtured to grow not to humper it.

mnangagwa · 5 months ago

only $300