As Zimbabwe National Students Union, we unequivocally and unambiguously warn the government led by President Robert Mugabe to stop, forthwith, the recruitment of 1000 members for ZNA for Zimbabwe is neither in a war nor threat of one.The threat of hunger, deprivation, poverty, destituteness and risk of diseases is not ust visible but evident and conspicuous.This is crystal clear when Zimbabwe gets to be ranked at 156 out of 187 on the 2014 UNDP Human Development Index.Currently 72% of the entire population live bellow the poverty datum line ( living on less than US 1.25 per day), 30% of the rural poor are considered to be "food poor" or extremely poor or deprived.Food and nutrition security remain fragile,hospitals are being shut everyday because of severe shortages of drugs due to underfunding of the health sector.
Students from the four corners of the corner-less teapot shaped land are
engaging in horizontal gymnastics, thigh vending and some have
permanently transmogrified themselves into reputable harlots, thanks to
Jonathan Moyo who has substituted grants for bicycles.This is a perfect
case of the misplacement of priorities we have always mentioned as
ZINASU.
On an opposite note, we also would like to applaud the government once again for promising to employ 7000 more teachers ahead of schools opening for the first term of 2017.This will go a long way in fulfilling the much awaited improvement in teacher-pupil ratio that had become so shameful.It is ZINASU`s dream to witness an ECD with a ratio of 1:20 , for grade 3-7 being 1:40 , for secondary schools being 1;25 pupils, this will be applaud-able.This latter recruitment is in tandem with the government`s plans to increase schools and improve education country wide.For a start we note with thanks, we hope and pray that this is not another hullabaloo ust like the previous dubious and crazy policy and action proposals by the ZANU PF government.
TREASURE BASOPO.
ZINASU NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON.
On an opposite note, we also would like to applaud the government once again for promising to employ 7000 more teachers ahead of schools opening for the first term of 2017.This will go a long way in fulfilling the much awaited improvement in teacher-pupil ratio that had become so shameful.It is ZINASU`s dream to witness an ECD with a ratio of 1:20 , for grade 3-7 being 1:40 , for secondary schools being 1;25 pupils, this will be applaud-able.This latter recruitment is in tandem with the government`s plans to increase schools and improve education country wide.For a start we note with thanks, we hope and pray that this is not another hullabaloo ust like the previous dubious and crazy policy and action proposals by the ZANU PF government.
TREASURE BASOPO.
ZINASU NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON.
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