Harare Maths Teacher Filmed Assaulting Student Arrested

HARARE – A teacher filmed brutally assaulting a student as other learners pleaded with him to stop has been arrested by police.

HARARE – A teacher filmed brutally assaulting a student as other learners pleaded with him to stop has been arrested by police.

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday appointed Evelyn Ndlovu as the new minister of primary and secondary education, demoting Cain Mathema who recently suffered a stroke whilst hospitalised with Covid-19 complications.

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has released timetables for the 2020 November candidates exams which were delayed by the novel coronavirus.

Zimbabwe’s school calendar has been revised to two instead of three terms this year, the primary and secondary education ministry announced on Thursday.

The government through Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa on Wednesday announced that schools will re-open for the second term on August 30.

Zimbabwe is moving at a fast speed in implementing the e-learning strategy nationwide as schools remain closed due to the pandemic, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has extended the deadline for candidates to register for the November examinations up to July 30, 2021.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema has given Education minister Angie Motshekga seven days to close schools in the wake of a third wave COVID-19 in South Africa.

Zimbabwe will open schools for first term in two phases on March 15 and March 22 following a recent decline in covid-19 cases, the country authorities announced.

HARARE - Government announced that the opening of schools will remain deferred indefinitely dismissing a fake letter circulating online which says learners would resume classes on February 23.