adminPupils get US50 cents as teachers gobble millions
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
OVER 3 million primary and secondary school pupils are receiving US50 cents per capita grant termly from Government with the bulk of US$469 million allocated to the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture being gobbled by salaries and allowances.
The Education Ministry was allocated US$469,367 million in the 2011 budget.
Deputy Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Cde Lazarus Dokora on Wednesday, told Parliament that the US$1,50 per pupil per year was compromising the quality of education.
This means out of the whole budget, about US$4,5 million
Stop abusing UN, NATO told
From Morris Mkwate in New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe says the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is abusing the United Nations Charter to loot Libya’s vast oil reserves and impose leadership on its people.
Addressing the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly here yesterday, the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said Western powers deliberately misinterpreted their mandate to protect civilians to settle bilateral scores with Libya.
Chavez blows cap off West
In a move aimed at protecting the Venezuelan economy from the global economic crisis, the president also said his
Proliferation of dispensers of false generosity worrying
The end of the Cold War marked a paradigm shift in the role of the state in the international system. The Westphalian
World deserves peace, security
Once more the world has just marked another International Day of Peace on 21 September and we need to reflect on the
Rhino horn status, just a myth
Francis Nhema
Zimbabwe has, for the first time in its history, set aside a day to exclusively commemorate the life of the rhino, which faces
Japan pledges to resuscitate irrigation
Herald Reporter
JAPAN yesterday pledged to resuscitate Zimbabwe’s irrigation schemes to boost food production in dry areas. Outgoing
Private sector urged to assist in housing
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
THE Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities, Mr Giles Mutsekwa, has urged the private sector to assist Government in
Seventh Intwasa festival roars to life
From Ruth Butaumocho in BULAWAYO
THE Seventh Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo was officially launched at the City Hall grounds here in on Wednesday night
Zanu PF urged to correct mistakes
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF should correct the mistakes it made in Government and ensure they will not be repeated again, visiting African