Full-time Lecturer: Educational Administration/Management x2 (Gweru Campus)

Full Time Lecturer: Computer Science

Students on Attachment: Accounting/Finance (Harare)

Human Resources Student Intern (Harare)

Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion Officer (Harare)

Field Officer-Livelihoods x3 (Harare)

Project Accountant (Bulawayo)

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Sales Graduate TraineE (Harare)

Site Security Guards Supervisor (Harare)

Risk Officer (Harare)

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Class Two (2) Truck Drivers x54

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Driver (Harare)

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Cook (Gwanda)

Student Attachees: Retail (Bulawayo)

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TOPP Trainee (Harare)

Step User (Chihota)

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Howo Drivers (Hwange)

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DREAMS Data Collation Clerks x32

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No Means No Lead Trainers x12

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Scholarship Opportunities

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Deputy Librarian

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Library Assistants x2 (Harare)

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Regional Finance And Administration Assistant x4 (Harare, Mutare, Bulawayo & Gweru)

Homebased RGN (Harare)

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Branch Managers (Kadoma & Shurugwi)

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Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Professor: Soil Biology And Fertility

Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Professor In Ndebele

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Driver: Confucius Institute

Techzim, a local technology business has introduced educational content via their WhatsApp bot. So far they are offering Mathematics for Form 2 up to Form 4. This is what they say about their solution:
<blockquote>When lockdowns started being effected, we reasoned that most students in Zimbabwe were not going to have access to tools like Zoom for online lessons. We therefore decided to use WhatsApp which is more accessible but still we didn’t want to just send notes. Our desire was to try as much as we can to automate a teacher in a way that is relevant to WhatsApp itself.</blockquote>
The experience of the maths lessons is indeed an attempt to automate teaching for WhatsApp. Students go through lessons in bite sizes and they get a lot of examples to go through as well as tests/quizzes with answers supplied at the end. Subscription for the service is ZW$19.99 per month.gimp
To access the Maths lessons on WhatsApp you send the word ‘education’ to WhatsApp number 0717684274 or you can <a href="https://wa.me/263717684274?text=Education">click on this link</a>.

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Form 4, 3 And 2 Maths Lessons On WhatsApp

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Seven teachers’ unions have petitioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, to defer the reopening of schools until the novel coronavirus is effectively contained.
In a petition addressed to Mathema on Tuesday, the teachers put forward 15 demands that they want the government to meet to guarantee their safety.
The petition was signed by the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association, Zimbabwe Democratic Teachers’ Union, Zimbabwe National Teachers’ Union, Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe National Educators’ Union. It read in part:
<blockquote>We, the undersigned teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe, therefore, urge the government to ensure that coronavirus is totally brought under control before the opening of schools.</blockquote>
Among other things, the teachers demanded that the government fumigate all schools before they reopen and ensure that all pupils and teachers be retested at regular intervals. They wrote:
<blockquote>Fumigate all schools before schools open and at regular intervals thereafter. Schools that are currently used as quarantine centres should go through rigorous fumigation and confirmed safe by the Health and Child Care ministry.
Ensure the testing of all pupils and teachers and provision of the same at regular intervals, pay risk allowances to teachers as in essence they are frontline workers in the education system.</blockquote>
The government has since revealed that Ordinary Level and Advanced Levels pupils will start the June 2020 examinations on the 29th of June, with lessons for all classes set to resume in a staggered approach in the next few weeks.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/05/teachers-petition-govt-over-schools-re-opening/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

7 Teachers' Unions Petition Govt Over Schools Reopening

An <a href="https://newzwire.live/opinion-too-many-managers-too-few-workers-zimbabwe-has-an-artisan-shortage-and-its-time-to-fix-it/">opinion on business news publication</a>, newZWire says Zimbabwe has a shortage of artisans but abundant managers. The article says many artisans have gone to other countries and some of them are aging, and that this has been worsened by the country’s focus on training managers instead of artisans.
Says the article, which was penned by Engineer Jacob Mutisi:
<blockquote>According to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city, has six universities but only one polytechnic.
Zimbabwe’s national policy, it seems, is focusing only on producing managers, without the workforce required to do the practical work.
There is now a need to relook at the national policy, so that it focuses on introducing more vocational institutions. To kick-start Zimbabwe’s economy, we now need to fully introduce apprentices and artisan programs.
This strategy was used by Ian Douglas Smith to build Rhodesia during the white regime’s sixteen-year rule. NRZ, Air Zimbabwe, Hwange, Ziscosteel and Shabanie Mashaba Mines are all products of apprenticeship and artisanship programs. Today, these institutions are battling to survive because Zimbabwe did not continue producing the workforce they needed to keep up with the exodus of skills to regional and international markets.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://newzwire.live/opinion-too-many-managers-too-few-workers-zimbabwe-has-an-artisan-shortage-and-its-time-to-fix-it/">newZWire</a>

Opinion: Zimbabwe Has Too Many Managers And Too Few Workers

<blockquote>The Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education will hold public consultations on the Education Amendment Bill (H. B. 1, 2019) from 1 to 5 April 2019 and from 15 to 17 April 2019. The Committee will cover various areas as follows:
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<th class="column-1">Date</th><th class="column-2">Place</th><th class="column-3">Venue</th><th class="column-4">Time</th>
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<td class="column-1">Monday 1 April</td><td class="column-2">Chinhoyi</td><td class="column-3">Cooksey Hall</td><td class="column-4">9.00 am</td>
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<td class="column-1">Tuesday 2 April</td><td class="column-2">Kariba</td><td class="column-3">Siakobvu Primary School</td><td class="column-4">9.00 am</td>
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<td class="column-1">Wednesday 3 April</td><td class="column-2">Bindura</td><td class="column-3">Hala Africa Kimberly Hotel</td><td class="column-4">9.00 am</td>
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<td class="column-1"></td><td class="column-2">Marondera</td><td class="column-3">Mbuya Nehanda Hall</td><td class="column-4">2.00 pm</td>
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<td class="column-1">Thursday 4 April</td><td class="column-2">Mutare</td><td class="column-3">Queens Hall</td><td class="column-4">10.00 am</td>
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<td class="column-1">Friday 5 April</td><td class="column-2">Masvingo</td><td class="column-3">Masvingo Civic Centre</td><td class="column-4">9.00 am</td>
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<td class="column-1">Monday 15 April</td><td class="column-2">Filabusi</td><td class="column-3">Sibasa Hall</td><td class="column-4">8.30 am</td>
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<td class="column-1"></td><td class="column-2">Bulawayo</td><td class="column-3">Mabuthweni Hall</td><td class="column-4">2.00 pm</td>
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<td class="column-1">Tuesday 16 April</td><td class="column-2">Lupane</td><td class="column-3">Lupane Town Hall</td><td class="column-4">10.30 am</td>
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<td class="column-1">Wednesday 17 April</td><td class="column-2">Gweru</td><td class="column-3">Gweru Civic Centre</td><td class="column-4">9.00 am</td>
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All those who will be putting on military uniforms, signs of ranks, flags or badges and political party regalia will not have access to the public hearing.
The public, interested groups and organisations are invited to attend these consultations. Written submissions and correspondences are welcome and should be addressed to:
The Clerk of Parliament 
Attention: Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education 
P.O. Box CY 298 
Causeway 
Harare
Submissions can also be made by email through email address clerk@parlzim.gov.zw</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: Dates For Public Hearings On Education Amendment Bill (Veritas)

Nedbank Zimbabwe has announced that it’s offering scholarships to STEM students from its Education Fund.
<blockquote>The Nedbank Education Fund is a scholarship program for students with a desire to study for their first degree in the fields of Science, Technolody, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Please visit any Nedbank branch and collect an application form to be considered for this opportunity to become who you aspire to be.
<h3>Requirements:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Applications must be from students who studied STEM subjects only</li>
<li>Minimum of 15 A’Level points in STEM subjects</li>
<li>Complete the Application form you can collect at any Nedbank branch in the country.</li>
<li>Certified copy of your National ID and Birth Certificate (Applicants must be Zimbabwean citizens)</li>
<li>Two certified passport-sized photos (less than 3 months old)</li>
<li>Certified copies of your latest academic transcripts and educational certificates</li>
<li>One page letter indicating:
<ul>
<li>Why are you applying for the scholarship</li>
<li>How will it help you achieve your career objectives</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Closing Date: 13 May 2019</h3>
Call Center: (0242) 252 800</blockquote>
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Nedbank Announces Scholarships STEM Students

A 3rd year female medical student at Midlands State University, Lynette Ndlovu, has been elected President of the Federation of African Medical Students’ Association (FAMSA) becoming the first-ever female president from Southern Africa since the birth of the organisation in 1968.
Selection criteria was based on academic merit, sound leadership skills, and community service.
Said the Midlands State University in a statement:
<blockquote>Lynette Ndlovu has worked tirelessly over the years on her way to election in various capacities all the while, reaffirming her leadership skills, commitment and dedication towards empowering African communities. 2018 was a notable year for the University’s medical students as seven students were selected to be part of the inaugural Southern African boot camp on female reproduction including HIV/AIDS held in Malawi.
Ndlovu together with Nobert Mashoko represented Midlands State University and the country exceptionally well and this resulted in the birth of Youth Against Aids [YAA] sessions in high schools in the Midlands province through the ZiMSA standing committee.
Furthermore, Ndlovu was an active member of the organising committee for the African Regional meeting for medical students’ representatives from all over Africa, hosted by Zimbabwe last year (2018). The same year also saw Ndlovu being chosen to be part of the national advisory council at the ZiMSA annual general meeting held at the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZIMA) headquarters in Harare.
It, therefore, goes without saying that Ndlovu’s excellent track record speaks volumes about her capabilities and leadership skills and further attests to the high calibre of medical students being nurtured by the University and the nation at large.
On behalf of the entire University community, we say Congratulations, Makorokoto, Amhlope and wish you all the success during your term of office as you undoubtedly serve with excellence.</blockquote>
Established in 1968, the Federation of African Medical Students’ Associations, FAMSA, is an independent, non political Federation of all Medical Students’ Associations in Africa.  it now has 25 member countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
More: <a href="https://ww5.msu.ac.zw/blog/2019/02/18/%EF%BB%BFlynette-ndlovu-appointed-as-the-first-ever-famsa-female-president/">MSU</a> <a href="https://zoomzimbabwe.com/2019/02/21/msu-student-elected-to-lead-african-medical-students-body/?fbclid=IwAR1PHUqtV9TzoWVnF-V7YSWn9JSv2kvmR8XDixG36ZPOrRfBneIfe9Pi3Uw">ZoomZimbabwe.com</a>

MSU Female Student Becomes President Of African Medical Students Body

The 32.83% pass rate registered in the 2018 Zimsec O’ Level results announced yesterday are the best in over a decade. Zimsec considers it a pass if a candidate attains a grade “C” or better in 5 or more subjects.
The pass rates for the previous years are as follows:
<ul>
<li>November 2018: 32.83%</li>
<li>November 2017: 26.35%</li>
<li>November 2016: 27.92%</li>
<li>November 2015: 27.86%</li>
<li>November 2014: 22.38%</li>
<li>November 2013: 20.72%</li>
<li>November 2012: 18.40%</li>
<li>November 2011: 19.50%</li>
<li>November 2010: 16.50%</li>
<li>November 2009: 16.33%</li>
<li>November 2008: 14.44%</li>
<li>November 2008: 14.32%</li>
<li>November 2007: 20.16%</li>
</ul>
Zimsec announced yesterday:
<blockquote>162 541 sat for 5 or more subjects and of these50664 obtained Grade C or better in five or more subjects, yielding a 32.83% which was higher than the 28.7% of 2017 where 162 915 sat for 5 or more subjects.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://twitter.com/ZimMediaReview">ZimMediaReview</a>

32.8% O' Level Pass Rate The Highest In Over A Decade

In an interview with The Chronicle yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary Mrs Tumisang Thabela  dismissed as fake a document showing a shortlist of recruited primary school teachers submitted to the Public Service Commission (PSC).
According to the document, the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry shortlisted 1 576 teachers for recruitment. Thabela said her ministry does not communicate via social media. She also said recruitment is ongoing. Said Thabela:
<blockquote>It’s fake. We don’t communicate through social media. As you have seen my signature is not appended there. I haven’t submitted any list anywhere. There are issues that have to be looked into but we are in the pipeline, am yet to get a briefing on how far the process has gone.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/government-dismisses-teachers-job-list/">Chronicle</a>

Govt Dismisses Shortlist Of Recruited Primary School Teachers

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Internet users can now take a virtual tour of Zimbabwe, thanks to Tawanda Kanhema who spent about US $5,000 of his personal money to put the country on Street View. Street View is Google platform allowing internet users to tour places virtually.
Tawanda Kanhema, who resides in the US, uploaded coverage of about 800 km of Zimbabwe in October and November this year. Places he covered include Harare, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@-17.9270548,25.841543,3a,75y,240.28h,90.94t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipO811MkKDvEBkFeSG30J4S8OQF0vqkEwLazvBif!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO811MkKDvEBkFeSG30J4S8OQF0vqkEwLazvBif%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi2.6283436-ya270.66562-ro6.1400433-fo100!7i5760!8i2880">Victoria falls</a>, Masvingo, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.2729392,30.9345103,3a,75y,176.89h,107.11t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMXmgjJt81AutpHCAVPh2rR323WNGjYsv-7Ogxi!2e10!3e11!7i5760!8i2880">Great Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@-18.9568103,32.6595029,3a,75y,292.53h,86.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOVzesSuXEfUvdmTvLrHYoSxqdyxK_-NPZhHSVn!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOVzesSuXEfUvdmTvLrHYoSxqdyxK_-NPZhHSVn%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0.17455834-ya285.01193-ro-1.9744282-fo100!7i7680!8i3840">Mutare</a>, Christmas Pass and Hwange National Park.
Kanhema commented on his project:
<blockquote>I personally funded all travel and production costs related to the Zimbabwe Street View project. Google and Insta360 provided the Insta360 Pro 2 through the camera loan program.
This is still just a hobby for me, so using off-the-shelf products significantly reduced the costs for something that would cost thousands of dollars to just under $5,000 in flights, hotels, a car rental and gas expenses.
I was able to get the most important parts but I was thinking of this more as a snapshot of Zimbabwe on Street View, capturing all of the key places of interest while testing the cameras and getting more familiar with the production environment.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/this-man-spent-5000-of-his-own-money-to-put-zimbabwe-on-street-view/?fbclid=IwAR0_JdtZipnUrsJM9z2U_HvAOcE8uYJi2_rBBeJbYCPPzVWc0VSB7VkTyDc">Cnet</a>

Zimbabwe Now On Street View Thanks To Man That Spent US $5K Personal Money

Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Paul Mavima has told teachers that the government is not in a position to increase their salaries as it has too many challenges which need to be sorted. Mavima highlighted that the government is working on fixing obsolete structures and a shortage of teachers. Speaking at the National Association of Primary School Heads (NAPH) conference in Victoria Falls, Mavima said,
<blockquote>
I appreciate your concerns, but as I said earlier, we have obsolete infrastructure for learners that we are trying to address. We also have a deficit of 12 000 teachers, while 20 000 are unemployed, so those in the system must try to make do with what is there…The economy is currently not allowing for us to employ and increase salaries. Our fiscal is low, but we will increase your salaries, including other civil servants’, when the economy normalises.
</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/10/no-pay-increase-for-teachers-mavima/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Daily News </a>

No Salary Hikes For Teachers, Govt Has Too Many Challenges - Education Minister

Harare’s St John’s College has apparently won the World Championships Pipe Band competitions for 2018 in Scotland.
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More: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/buzzy.impey/videos/10156896468042216/">Facebook</a>

St John's College Zimbabwe Wins World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland

Teachers have dismissed the government’s offer of a pay increment of 17.5 percent for civil servants. The teachers argue that the government is failing to prioritise its resources as it has managed to fork out money to purchase vehicles for traditional chiefs. Said Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe,
<blockquote>…Nurses got their demands because they stood as a sector. We must do the same. The government continues to negotiate with their darlings in Apex…We have seen cars bought for chiefs and a lot of opulence and extravagance of unbelievable proportions. Must we be silent and suffer until death? No! We will fight to the bitter end.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/05/175-pay-rise-peanuts-teachers/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a>

Teachers Say 17.5 Pay Increase Is A Betrayal Of Workers, Cite Cars Bought For Chiefs

Author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel Nervous Conditions has been named in BBC Culture’s “The 100 Stories that shaped the world.” Nervous Conditions is ranked 66th on the list which was compiled by writers across the globe. According to BBC Culture,
<blockquote>BBC Culture’s Stories that Shaped the World series looks at epic poems, plays and novels from around the globe that have influenced history and changed mindsets. The poll of writers and critics, 100 Stories that Shaped the World, will be discussed at the Hay Festival in May and later broadcast on BBC World News.
It’s not a definitive list. This is just a starting point, aiming to spark a conversation about why some stories endure; how they continue to resonate centuries and millennia after they were created. And why sharing those stories is a fundamental human impulse: one that can overcome division, inspire change, and even spark revolutions.
The list (Top 100) was determined via ranked ballots and first placed into descending order by number of critic votes, then into descending order by total critic points, then alphabetically (for 73 to 100, the titles listed are tied).</blockquote>
The Top Ten is as follows:
1. The Odyssey (Homer, 8th Century BC) 
2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852) 
3. Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818) 
4. Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell, 1949) 
5. Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe, 1958) 
6. One Thousand and One Nights (various authors, 8th-18th Centuries) 
7. Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes, 1605-1615) 
8. Hamlet (William Shakespeare, 1603) 
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez, 1967) 
10. The Iliad (Homer, 8th Century BC)
66. Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1988)
More: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180521-the-100-stories-that-shaped-the-world?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BBC</a>

Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions Named In "100 Stories That Shaped The World"

Teachers are reported to have rejected the government’s offer for a 10 percent pay increment demanding at least 30 percent instead. The teachers have been threatening to go on strike when the second term which started today (Tuesday) begins. However, they have agreed to continue negotiating with the government in order to reach an amicable solution.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe’s Takavafira Zhou told NewsDay,
<blockquote>The meeting is still on and we need to give dialogue a chance. If they are sincere about this dialogue process, the teachers are willing to listen and come up with a solution that ensures they are also able to live decent lives. However, if this engagement is a way to hoodwink us, it will be difficult to convince teachers not to go ahead with the strike.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/05/teachers-reject-paltry-10-pay-hike/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a>

Teachers Reject 10 Percent Pay Increase But Agree To Continue Negotiations

In an interview with The Chronicle, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary Sylvia Utete-Masango said Government will meet teachers’ unions this week to start negotiations on a number of issues they raised which include vacation leave and allowances.
She said the teachers will negotiate with the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). Said Utete-Masango:
<blockquote>The NJNC is mandated with the responsibility of addressing some of the issues that the teachers are raising. A meeting will be held between the teachers and the NJNC this week to map the way forward. We’ll keep our ears on the ground and follow the proceedings.</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.chronicle.co.zw/govt-to-meet-teachers/">Chronicle</a>

Govt To Meet Teachers To Start Negotiations

In a press statement, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association has insisted that its members will be on strike as planned until their grievances are addressed.  The teachers insisted that they will not be intimidated by government officials to stop them from exercising their Constitutional rights.  We publish the statement below in full.
<blockquote>1. The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) hereby categorically states that no amount of threats or illegal declarations from individuals in government will stop or intimidate teachers from exercising their Constitutional and legal right to participate in the industrial Job action.
2. For the avoidance of doubt, members must not be intimidated or threatened by service Ministers’ such as Professor Paul Mavima, whose Ministry has been on record as not having the mandate to address workers’ conditions of service because they are not the employer.
3. We also believe that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Minister also abide by the same Zimbabwean Constitution which teachers subscribe to, and which gives workers the right to withdraw their labour, wherever and whenever working conditions are nowhere near satisfactory.
4. Threats and allegations that link collective job action to political parties are just unfortunate and meant to strangle and suppress workers’ rights in a democratic country such as Zimbabwe.
5. ZIMTA wishes to remind the education Minister Professor Paul Mavima that Unions in education exist for the sole mandate of representing the welfare of members and are in no way; a rival to political parties or to him as a head of a service Ministry. Maybe (sic) guided accordingly.
30 APRIL 2018 
WE EDUCATE THE NATION</blockquote>

Full Text: Teachers Insist They Will Go On With Strike, Say We Will Not Be Threatened

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Teachers today took to the streets of the capital and marched from Zimta House to Causeway Building to protest against poor pay. The educators joined doctors who have been on strike for the past 27 days protesting against inadequate allowances and lack of essential drugs and equipment.
The teachers are demanding:
<ul>
<li>100% salary increment</li>
<li>75% increment on rural allowance</li>
<li>50% increment on housing, transport allowances</li>
<li>safety of teachers in schools during elections</li>
<li>restoration of vacation leave</li>
</ul>
The teachers have threatened to go on strike when schools open for the second term in May 2018 if their demands are not met by the government.
<h4>This is a developing story and will be updated as more details come in.</h4>

Teachers Demonstrate, Demand 100 Percent Salary Increment, Vacation Leave

The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has released the list of accepted students for undergraduate studies starting 2018. The list is updated to date as of the 23rd of March 2018. Download the list below.
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NUST Accepted Students 2018 Intake

Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Paul Mavima has said that the country needs to build at least another 2056 new schools for education to be accessible to everyone. However, the minister said that he expects 100 new schools to be built this calendar year as well as 66 laboratories which will be added to the already existing schools.
Speaking at the handover the Zimbabwe-China Friendship High School in Hatcliffe which was built by the Chinese government, Mavhima said:
<blockquote>According to a survey, the ministry undertook in 2013, we are in need of 2056 new schools throughout the country. Additionally, infrastructure in the form of science laboratories, technical and vocational workshops and any child facilities are needed,
Without adequate infrastructure, it will result in education being inaccessible.</blockquote>
Deputy Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhaong Baogang said:
<blockquote>This is a very densely populated community, so many people live here and there are so many houses so I believe this was the right choice to build a school here.</blockquote>
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Zimbabwe Needs 2056 New Schools, 100 To Be Built This year: Minister Mavima

Awake Unto Righteousness International Ministries founder Admire Mugwinyi, who studied Agricultural Engineering (Bioresources Engineering) at the University of Zimbabwe in 2007 had three of his science textbooks approved by South Africa’s Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga and are now used in 27 000 schools there.
He compiled and published three Physical Sciences textbooks for South Africa’s Grades 10, 11 and 12 (Form 3-6) CAPS UPDATED, and is currently compiling Maths and Life Sciences textbooks. When contacted for comment by NewsDay, Mugwinyi said that he hoped his books would be integrated into the Zimbabwean education system. Said Mugwinyi:
<blockquote>Teachers and students say my books simplify concepts and, as a result, they make Physical Sciences easy to understand even by struggling students. I wish my books could find their way into the Zimbabwean curriculum, so that they may also help my fellow kinsman the same way they are helping South Africans. Due to public demand, I am busy writing Maths and Life Sciences for the same grades. I am planning to record educational videos and applications for high school Maths and Science subjects in the next five years.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/10/zim-engineer-publishes-science-textbooks-sa-high-school-syllabuses/">NewsDay</a>

Zim engineer publishes science textbooks for SA high schools

Bulawayo Metropolitan Senator Dorothy Khumalo (MDC) is seeking to block the government’s move to close School Development Committees and to transfer all the funds to the government controlled School Services Fund. Khumalo said the move would collapse the education system as the Zanu-PF led government would raid the account to finance the 2018 elections.
Said Khumalo:
<blockquote>There is a feeling that the ministry wants to raid these SSF funds for political expediency, especially as we go to the 2018 elections, and the pronouncement by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education that the monies can be channelled to build new schools in rural constituencies adds weight to this thinking.
We are worried that the latest directive will have unintended consequences, which may negatively affect the quality of education at all government schools.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/05/19/senator-seeks-block-governments-move-close-sdcs/">NewsDay</a>

Senator seeks to block govt closing School Development Committees, says its Zanu-PF ploy to steal money

The Bulawayo Provincial Education office has revealed that only 38 percent of parent and guardians have paid for their children’s first term school fees and levies in Bulawayo. Bulawayo Provincial Education Director Mrs. Olicah Kaira said this situation was hindering the implementation of the new education curriculum.
Said Kaira:
<blockquote>We are implementing a new curriculum and we need a lot of financial resources, we need qualified teachers and teacher capacity development is part of the pillars of the new curriculum,
Without money we cannot even build new infrastructure. Infrastructural development is a pillar that contributes towards successful implementation of the curriculum.
We need money for textbooks, we need to buy smartphones, tablets, we have a project that we are doing with higher life where children must work on their tablets even at home, but we can’t do such things if we don’t have the funds</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.herald.co.zw/over-60pc-parents-default-on-school-fees/">Herald</a>

Only 38 percent of parents paying school fees and levies

In an interview with The Herald after officially opening Mbizi Secondary School in Highfield, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor <a href="http://www.pindula.co.zw/Paul_Mavima">Paul Mavhima</a> said there was a shortage of 10 000 teachers nationwide.
He said the shortage was more pronounced at ECD level and in science and mathematics subjects. He said:
<blockquote>We have a shortage of about 10 000 teachers and the main area we need teachers is ECD because we are rolling out ECD A and ECD B. We need trained teachers in those areas such as Science, Physics, Maths and Biology. Even though we have this need, we are not saying we have all the resources that are required. So as to when we are going to recruit that is a different matter because it will depend on Treasury concurrence.</blockquote>
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Govt says it has a shortage of 10 000 teachers

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