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- Education_in_Zimbabwe abstract "Public education in Zimbabwe was made free in 1980 and inequities from the existing colonial system lessened. Education was declared a basic human right by Robert Mugabe's incoming government and racial integration pursued. However, since 1988, the government has steadily increased the charges attached to school enrollment until they now greatly exceed the real value of fees in 1980. In principle, all children in Zimbabwe have the right to education. However, both development levies and tuition fees must be paid. Tuition fees have historically been very low, though development levies have been impediments. The majority of the wealthier portion of the population send their children to independent schools, while the government-run schools are attended by the poorer members of the black population. The Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture of Zimbabwe maintains and operates the government schools but the fees charged by independent schools are regulated by the Cabinet of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe leads Africa in having an adult literacy rate of approximately 90%, which compares favourably to Tunisia at 87%. The country's education system was once the most developed on the continent, although it continues to suffer from a contemporary decline in public funding linked to hyperinflation and economic mismanagement. As early as 1967, some 91.5% of youths aged between 5 and 14 were already enrolled in schools. By the 1990s, primary schooling was nearly universal and over half the population had completed a secondary education. TIME magazine reported in 2008 that "in the mid-1990s there was a national O-level pass rate of 72 per cent....last year [2007] it crashed to 11 per cent". This culminated in the cancelling of the school year in 2008. Zimbabwean teachers have gone on strike in recent years over low salaries, poor working conditions, political violence and election results, further aggravating the situation.UNICEF asserts that 94 percent of rural schools, serving the majority of the population were closed in 2009 and 66 of 70 schools abandoned. The attendance rates plummeted from over 80 percent to 20 percent. Learning only resumed in urban cases where teachers’ salaries were covered in US dollars by parents, creating a widening gap between rural and urban schools, and further incensed [sic] by a mass fleeing of teachers to neighbouring countries. Again, the author probably meant "increased", though the word used is nearly as relevant. Urban “type A” schools continue to be better equipped than their rural mission and government sponsored counterparts, causing discrepancies.Economic downturn has caused numerous vulnerable schoolchildren to drop out over the years, though new programmes aim to rectify the situation. Recently, large investments in education have been provided by UNICEF, the international donor community and the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Educational Transition Fund (ETF) and The Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM). BEAM aims to offset costs for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). These funds together help combat problems associated with deteriorating buildings, lack of supplies and shortage of resources in general. UNICEF aims to supply each schoolchild with textbooks through BEAM and in 2011, for the first time in decades, around 13 million textbooks will be delivered to Zimbabwe’s primary schools made possible by donations from Scandinavian countries and Germany.Other challenges face the education sector in Zimbabwe, including having a lower proportion of female students, though The Education Act provides for equal access. With limited resources, parents often choose to send the boy to school rather than the girl. “Hot-sitting” or “double sitting” is another common occurrence that masks the shortage of schools in the country as one group of students come in the morning and then another new group studies in the afternoon or evening.".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe wikiPageExternalLink www.mhet.ac.zw.
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- Education_in_Zimbabwe agency Ministry_of_Education,_Sport_and_Culture_(Zimbabwe).
- Education_in_Zimbabwe budget "7.5E8".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe budgetYear "2013".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe countryName "the Republic of Zimbabwe".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe establishedDates "1979-10-17".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe establishedDates "1980-05-04".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe establishedEvents "Established".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe establishedEvents "Initiated".
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- Education_in_Zimbabwe leaderNames David_Coltart.
- Education_in_Zimbabwe leaderTitles Ministry_of_Education,_Sport_and_Culture_(Zimbabwe).
- Education_in_Zimbabwe primaryLanguages Northern_Ndebele_language.
- Education_in_Zimbabwe primaryLanguages Shona_language.
- Education_in_Zimbabwe primaryLanguages South_African_English.
- Education_in_Zimbabwe primarySchoolEnrolmentRatioFemale(2008)_ "91".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe primarySchoolEnrolmentRatioMale(2008)_ "89".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe secondarySchoolEnrolmentRatioFemale(2009)_ "37.0".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe secondarySchoolEnrolmentRatioMale(2009)_ "39".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe survivalRateToLastPrimaryGrade(2009)_ "62.0".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe systemType "State, private".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe totalAdultLiteracyRate(2008)_ "91.0".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe youth(1524)LiteracyRateFemale(2008)_ "99.0".
- Education_in_Zimbabwe youth(1524)LiteracyRateMale(2008)_ "98.0".
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- Education_in_Zimbabwe comment "Public education in Zimbabwe was made free in 1980 and inequities from the existing colonial system lessened. Education was declared a basic human right by Robert Mugabe's incoming government and racial integration pursued. However, since 1988, the government has steadily increased the charges attached to school enrollment until they now greatly exceed the real value of fees in 1980. In principle, all children in Zimbabwe have the right to education.".
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