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THE Government has warned unregistered and backyard schools that they should cease operating without formalising their operations.
Speaking at an event to celebrate the private sector’s contribution to the country’s education sector, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo said there was a need for the institutions to abide by the law.
“We have also allowed private players, individuals, corporates, everyone, through a public-private partnership to provide the best education in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“My message to those who want to introduce private colleges is we want them to regularise their operations, they need to register with the Ministry.
“We are the regulators so they are going to respect the laws of the country, those who are not registered should stay away from opening their schools because the law will be applied against those who are operating illegally.”
Minister Moyo added:
“The other issue we have observed is that they have not been coming to the Ministry for them to be able to have their levies and fees approved because the Education Act and attendant regulations are very clear that this should be sorted from the Ministry and then things go accordingly.”
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume said they were willing to partner with the Government and with the private sector in giving them areas and sites where they can set up schools.
“We have the land and would like to partner with the private sector to set up schools in areas which are fairly new, including the fairly new extensions.
“We are going to be looking into partnerships and how we can accelerate the building of schools in those areas.
“You will notice most of the congestion in the City of Harare is also caused by people doing school runs across town.
“So, what we need to do is to give quality schools that are varied in the save-ups where people come from, so that they don’t have to drive across town to get quality education for their children and we also need to remove hot seating in some of the schools by increasing the number of schools.”
Online Reporter