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Teachers Petition President Mnangagwa: “We Are All Teachers — Empower All of Us”
Zimbabwe’s teaching community has spoken with one voice, petitioning President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to halt what they describe as a partisan empowerment scheme that rewards a select few while leaving the majority of educators in poverty. On 27 September 2025,...
Zimbabwe’s Education System on the Brink: ARTUZ Calls for Urgent Action
Zimbabwe’s education system is in crisis. Across the country, millions of learners, parents, and teachers are trapped in a cycle of neglect, underfunding, and systemic breakdown. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is raising the alarm, calling on...
ARTUZ Statement on the Education Crisis in Hopley
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) on Saturday held a community meeting in Hopley to engage parents, teachers, and learners on the right to education. The gathering was a powerful reminder that education is a fundamental right, not a privilege,...
“In my school, over 60 pupils share one class with no textbooks for the new curriculum. How can our children compete with those in well-funded schools? We need an Education Equalisation Fund now.”
“Schools are supposed to be safe spaces, but instead they are turned into political rally grounds. Learners are forced to sing and dance for politicians while lessons stop. This is not education — it is abuse.”
“Sometimes I miss school because my family cannot afford transport money. I want to be in class every day, but poverty keeps pulling me back.”
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