Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora

‘ Grade 7 Curriculum To Now Include Farming To Resolve Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Crisis’- Lazarus Dokora

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‘ Grade 7 Curriculum To Now Include Farming To Resolve Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Crisis’- Lazarus Dokora

THE government has arranged a trial Grade seven agriculture examination in a move expected to enlighten teachers and pupils on the importance of the subject. The examination is set for this year. Speaking at the Young Farmers’ Clubs Empowerment and Entrepreneurship project launch, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora said agriculture was at the centre of the new curriculum.“Agriculture is at the centre of the new curriculum. This wasn’t an accident but a deliberate strategy to…

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Five Public Service Commission Staff To Hire 31 Illegal Teachers By Forging Signatures Of Senior (HR) Officers

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Five Public Service Commission Staff To Hire 31 Illegal Teachers By Forging Signatures Of Senior (HR) Officers

THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended four human resources officers and dismissed one after they allegedly forged signatures of senior government officials to illegally hire teachers. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora told Chronicle yesterday that the five were all from his ministry.Minister Dokora could not be drawn into revealing the names of the officers, saying he was not in the office. He said the officials were working with PSC officials to manufacture fake letters to…

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‘Government Is Not Influenced By Critics , And The Pledge Has President Mugabe’s Blessing ‘-Lazarus Dokora

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‘Government Is Not Influenced By Critics , And The Pledge Has President Mugabe’s Blessing ‘-Lazarus Dokora

A GOVERNMENT policy requiring all schoolchildren to recite the national pledge will now be implemented unhindered when schools open next week after Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku dismissed the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights’ urgent interdict. Chief Justice Chidyausiku, in his chambers, on Thursday threw out the urgent application but directed the registrar of the Constitutional Court to set down the main challenge at an earliest convenient date. This means the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education…

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MDC P.Misihairabwi-Mushonga Questions Minister Dokora Over Non-Ndebele Teacher Deployment

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MDC P.Misihairabwi-Mushonga Questions Minister Dokora Over Non-Ndebele Teacher Deployment

MDC legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga quizzed Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora over the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland. This follows complaints by parents in Binga last month that teachers who do not speak Tonga or Ndebele had been deployed at different primary schools in the district. “The Constitution states that all the 16 languages are supposed to be used at par, but what happens when we have a situation whereby the teacher…

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