Progressive Teachers` Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Rejects National Pledge

The Progressive Teachers` Union of Zimbabwe after consulting parents, its membership and pupils in all the ten (10) provinces and other critical stakeholders in the whole country was left with no option, but to reject the National Pledge in its entirety, which the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Dokora is expected to launch on May 3, 2016 as part of a raft of curriculum reforms and implementation expected soon. Raymond Majongwe (…

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Christian Organisations Condemn Schools National Pledge Of Allegiance As Removal Of The Lord’s Prayer

Christian Organisations Condemn Schools National Pledge Of Allegiance As Removal Of The Lord’s Prayer

 CHRISTIAN organisations have castigated the Primary and Secondary Schools Ministry for imposing a national schools pledge without a prior consultation process, expressing fears that there could be an agenda to kick out the Lord’s Prayer recited by students during assemblies. The Lord’s Prayer is deduced from Matthew 6 and Luke 11 when Jesus Christ’s disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. The prayer has been a common feature at many public and missionary…

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