Education

Cadetship — slavery for graduates?

There was a time when tuition fees – especially for students in state universities throughout the country – were not a catalyst for headaches, especially in light of government’s efforts to ensure that education was affordable for all.

Education

School children add voice to Shabanie- Mashaba Mine revival

Children from Zvishavane have taken up the issue of the comatose Shabanie-Mashaba Mines Holdings (SMM) with President Robert Mugabe and his co-principals in the inclusive government saying it should be revived.

Education

Whistleblower to appear in court

Farai Maguwu arrested after he allegedly passed damning information about the goings-on in Chiadzwa to the Kimberley Processing monitor

Education

Grade 7 results out

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yesterday announced the release of Grade 7 results for 2011 candidates.

Education

Lecturers scoff at ‘windfall’

College lecturers have scoffed at reports they are set to get a windfall from incentives introduced by the government

Education

UZ wins Pan-African competition

A team of three students from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) last week did the country proud when it won the 2011 Pan-African Moot Court Competition

Education

Pupils revolt at Kunonga school

Hundreds of girls at the Anglican Church-run Bonda Mission in Mutare on Monday protested over plummeting standards at the school that was seized by Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga’s faction last year.

Education

Chamisa donates 42 computers

Information Communication Technology minister Nelson Chamisa last week handed over 42 computers to Dzivarasekwa High School in Harare as part of the ministry’s schools’ computerisation programme.

Education

No more sharing of textbooks in schools — Coltart

Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart told Parliament government would soon roll out 6 711 462 secondary school textbooks worth $8 322 505 under its Educational Trust Fund.

Education

Students challenged to take up science subjects

Students have been challenged to take up science subjects seriously as they trigger research and offer realistic means of harnessing resources.