Online Reporter
Arron Nyamayaro
A REPORT over how extra lessons have ignited an uproar at a primary school in Harare appears to have touched a raw nerve among our readers.
Many of them are saying that this practice is rampant at many of the country’s schools, including Government schools. They claim that many teachers are using these extra lessons not to help the pupils but it has now become a convenient way of supplementing their income. What stood out, from their feedback, however, was that this is now rampant and acceptable at many schools countrywide. Here are some of their comments:
Pane Blackfordby Primary School in Stoneridge, mwana anotoita seasina kubhadhara fees… Mr Nhingi veGrade 7 ngavamiswe vakuzvinyanya. — Marceline Madzivanyika
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Prospect Primary school as well.— Naboth Goto
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Ministry of Education iri kuzviziva izvi kubva kare. — Ronald Matuka
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Nyorai neNettleton ipapo taneta isu. — Hkay Massy
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All Government schools. —Lodza T-man Ngwenah
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Every school.— Mariah Taruvinga
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Ende mava vavarira, is it the only school ikuitwa ma extra lessons? We all know their salaries chii chiri nani kuti vaitise havo ma extra lessons pane kuti vasiye vana vachinotengesa musika at the end of the day murikuzongonoitisa vana venyu ma extra lessons acho kumaraini? I think what’s need to be done is ma extra lessons acho needs to be managed haafanirwe ku affector normal time table, ende imi murikuita noise hamuna vana varipo kukudzidza venyu you are paying musatikuvadzire vana. —Tanaka Choruma
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Zvikoro zvose Zimbabwe yese iyi. — Blessing Mudhokwani
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Queensdale Primary too, last year I was paying US$50 for extra lessons every month and they charged us US$120 for projects. — Tasha Bless
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Every Government school, teachers are doing extra lessons for a fee. —Glenzito Tendayi
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We pay extra lessons at every Govt school zviriko. — Cloudious Muskwe
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I had to transfer my child from there coz apparently an ECD child was made to pay US$15 a month for extra lessons. The teachers there are so greedy #ngazvivhariswe they don’t teach in the classroom and they also don’t concentrate with those who are not paying for the so-called extra lessons. —Letwin Mhike
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Why are you all acting all brand new…This is nothing new! Good teachers have always made money from teaching extra lessons, wait til y’all find out there are English teachers in South Korea making millions from extra classes. — Munya Pascah
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All public schools. Ndozviripo, you can’t do anything.—Naboth Mutepfa
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I would like to believe that almost all public schools are doing extra lessons, the bad thing is those pupils who cannot afford to pay are left out. —Samson Chiwandika
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H-Metro you need to do more ground work, it’s all government schools, they even make you pay for Cala and projects.—Sqabhobho Sqmulamayezi
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All government and council schools. —Edith Macebo
