This illustration represents how indigenous peoples are striving to keep endangered languages alive. Illustartion by Sara Lopez Gilabert
BY THABANI H. MOYO | @thabanih | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 18, 2022
Our young people should take advantage that the current curriculum is designed in such a way that promotes all languages found in Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo City Council peri urban schools are being shunned by teachers; living them only with temporary teachers taking up the task.
BY MUSA MAKINA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 6, 2022
Statistics show that while there has been competition for the top post on the Grade 7 results, St Peters and Aisleby peri- urban schools have continued to post poor results.
Villagers say the introduction of CALA to the curriculum plays a role in the poor pass rate in the province. Image by Unsplash
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 8, 2022
Analysts say climatic events characterized by extreme temperatures, extreme long dry spells and heavy downpour are some of the events which have contributed to poverty in rural communities.
by Amanda Ncube
Moving primary education to radio seems to be the most convenient thing to do in the face of COVID-19. However, even with the radio, there is a gap in access to education for some communities.
Ndangababi Primary school after community intervention...The school has an enrolment of about 750 learners. Image by The Citizen Bulletin
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 2, 2022
To encourage local ownership, the community provides bricks, fetch water and manual labour while the partners take care of other necessary resources.
Human and wildlife conflict haunts communities living in the peripheries of the national parks in Hwange. Image by Masai Mara
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 18, 2022
Areas worst affected by human wildlife conflict include Chidobe, Chikandakubi, Silewu, Mabale and Makwandara.
Residents suffer while the municipality of Gwanda and Zinwa are at loggerheads over the control of water reticulation. Image by The Citizen Bulletin
BY MELODY C. MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 2, 2022
Without safe water, women endure physical danger and strain with young girls missing school while fetching water.
Residents hope that the Hwange Teachers College will produce teachers who can teach Nambya language.
BY LETHOKUHLE NKOMO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 18, 2022
In 2013, Nambya was recognised in the Zimbabwean Constitution alongside 15 others but since then the language has been struggling to establish itself as a dominant language in Hwange, where it is mostly spoken. The shortage of qualified teachers poses a serious threat to the survival of the language.
School in Binga...Most Mat North schools lack basic amenities. Image by Zenzele Ndebele
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | FEB 15, 2022
The effects of poor infrastructure in schools can also be seen in learners' dropout rates and poor-teacher retention rates.
