‘The National Pledge Is Not A Prayer, But A Commitment , Necessary For Nation-building’.-Lazurus Dokora

  Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has defended the recitation of the National Pledge in schools saying it was not a prayer, but a commitment that is necessary for nation-building. Responding to the constitutional challenge by a parent who does not want his three school-going children to be compelled to recite the pledge, Minister Dokora said there was nothing unconstitutional about the pledge. In his opposing affidavit filed at the Constitutional Court yesterday…

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Constitutionally, The New ‘Minstry Of Education’s National Pledge Violates Children’s Rights’-PDP

Constitutionally, The New ‘Minstry Of Education’s National Pledge  Violates Children’s Rights’-PDP

PDP statement on the National school pledge The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced what it calls a ‘National Pledge’ which according to the Ministry officials should be recited by the students daily before they begin lessons ‘just as they recite the Lord’s Prayer and then sing the National Anthem’. The Ministry has also reported that this pledge shall begin on the opening of schools for 2016 second term and to show their…

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Gvt Orders All Day Schools To Reintroduce “Hot-Sitting” Or “Double-Sitting”

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora  has ordered all day schools in the country to reintroduce “hot-sitting” or “double-sitting” so as to cater for all pupils interested in taking Form One placement. “Hot-sitting” is a situation where some students attend classes in the morning and others in the afternoon so that they can share classrooms and other resources at their disposal. According to Sunday News, Dokora said the country was now dealing with…

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‘Grade 7 Candidates To Write More Than 4 Subjects’-Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora

‘Grade 7 Candidates To Write More Than 4 Subjects’-Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora

GRADE 7 final examination candidates will soon write more than four subjects under the new education curriculum, which, among other innovations, demands “thorough” aptitude testing. Multiple choice questions will be reduced, while continuous assessments and practical examination scores will constitute a significant percentage of the final mark. The curriculum comes aboard in 2016, and the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry has already directed the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council to action it. This dispensation has Grades…

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‘O’ Level Pupils Will Be required To Have Drivers Licenses From 2016 – Lazarus Dokora

All ORDINARY Level pupils will soon be required to have driver’s licences in line with the Life Orientation Skills Programme to be introduced in 2016 under the new education curriculum. Already two schools in Matabeleland South are giving pupils driving lessons and facilitating road tests with the Vehicle Inspection Department. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said, “The idea came from people who participated in the curriculum review process and said, ‘We want…

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