Education minister Lazarus Dokora

South African Government to regularise presence of thousands of qualified, unemployed Zimbabwean Teachers in South Africa

Posted on September 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Zimbabwean and South African Governments are working towards regularisation of the teaching profession to deal with unemployed but qualified teachers in Zimbabwe and at the same time address the need gap in South Africa in a collaborative manner. The process is expected to see Zimbabwean teachers in South Africa being registered and licensed. The move comes against the backdrop of an unquantifiable number of qualified Zimbabwean teachers working in South Africa. Some…

Five Church Leaders , Lead Protest March In Harare, Against Schools National Pledge

Posted on June 28, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Five church leaders in Harare yesterday led a protest march in the city centre, demanding government’s rescission of the national pledge imposed by Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora in May. The clergymen, operating under the Prayer Network of Zimbabwe (PNZ) banner, claimed it was unconstitutional to force pupils to recite the pledge and called on Dokora to resign over his contentious educational policies. The pledge, according to Dokora, is meant to…

After Collapsing Education And, Forcibly Exiling Teachers, Gvt To recruit 10,000 Teachers

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Government Plans To Recruit 10,000 Teachers. THE Government is set to recruit about 10,000 teachers and headmasters, most of whom will be posted to rural schools in a bid to alleviate the severe shortage of qualified teachers in the country. The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cde Lazarus Dokora, told Parliament on Wednesday that the greenlight for his Ministry to recruit was given by Treasury last month. He said the government was also looking forward to…

‘All School Teachers To Wear A ‘National Uniform With Effect From July 2016’-Dokora

Posted on May 11, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Dokora pulls shocker of the year Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora on Monday morning pulled yet another shocker after he called a press conference to announce a move that is likely to be met with the highest degree of resistance by school teachers. Before dust around the issue of the recently introduced national pledge has even settled, the Government has announced that with effect from July 2016 all Primary and Secondary school teachers…

Journalists Poised To Grill Education Minister Lazarus Dokora Tonight At Bulawayo Press Club

Posted on March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Primary and secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora is bracing for a tough evening as he face Bulawayo media. Dokora is set to address Bulawayo Press Club. One key issue which journalists are set to quiz Dokora is on continued deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland especially in rural areas. According to Bulawayo Press Club interactive platform, veteran journalist Methuseli Moyo posted “Coming to defend his evil system of sending Non-Ndebele speaking teachers,”. Today Mthwakazi…

‘Education Minister ‘Dokora’ Is Pursuing The 1979 Zanu PF Grand Plan’-Mthwakazi Republic Party

Posted on March 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has said Primary and secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora in his policies is pursuing the 1979 Grand Plan of Zanu PF which sought to eliminate people of Matabeleland in the developmental projects done by the government. “The minister of education’s education policy presides over an Education Master Policy meant to finalize the fulfillment of the 1979 grand plan,” he said. “MRP ground team managed to be part of the…

‘Miracle Or Anointed Pens Are Fakes Sold By Con-Prophets’-Dokora

Posted on March 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE use of so-called miracle pens without proper examination preparation is a recipe for disaster for school pupils, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora, has said. He said this as he castigated school heads who are falling prey to con prophets who are making money by selling the “anointed pens” at their schools to unsuspecting pupils. Addressing parents and school administrators from 576 primary and secondary schools in the Midlands province in…

‘No To Matebeleland Teacher Language ‘Discrimination’- Education Minister Dokora

Posted on February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora has dismissed claims that non-isiNdebele speaking teachers deployed in the Matabeleland region were contributing towards poor pass rates in schools. The Minister said this on Wednesday during the National Assembly’s question and answer session. Dokora said there was no relation between poor pass rates and language differences. He said this after Umzingwane had asked him about the government’s policy on the deployment of Shona-speaking teachers in…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Calls For Education Minister, Dokora’s Resignation

Posted on January 15, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The PDP is appalled by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s failure to control private and gvt schools who since the opening of schools arbitrary bar and exclude from lessons pupils who have not paid tuition fees. The PDP notes that the Dokora Administration is fully aware that the ZANU PF regime has failed to run this country to the extent of failing to pay civil servants and pensioners who include war veterans yet…

Unemployment Rise: ‘Zanu PF Regime, Refuses To Renew Contracts For 3000 Teachers’

Posted on January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Soon after the failure to pay civil servants their bonuses and December 2015 wages, the Zanu PF regime has declined to renew the contracts of at least 3 000 qualified teachers who have been employed by the government as contract employees on yearly contracts, rendering them jobles. The Education Minister Lazarus Dokora is, like his boss President Robert Mugabe, not in a position to comment or deal with the issue as he is currently enjoying his annual holiday. By Sibusiso…

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