Education applies for US$23m for re-training

 

challenges yet other countries throughout Africa had benefited.

The decision on whether the country’s application was successful or not was expected anytime this week.

If it is not approved, he said Government would seek resources from the Education Transition Fund for the programme.

“If the funding application is successful, Zimbabwe will in the next few years benefit from the US$23 million for teacher retraining. You will appreciate that it does not matter how many text books you have in a classroom. Even if you have the perfect roofing and have desks, if you don’t have motivated and trained teachers in the latest possible standards, your education sector is undermined,” Minister Coltart said.