Education collapses as price war backfires

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The Zanu (PF) circus went a gear up on Monday when thousands of parents and students spent the night at bus termini across the country as the acute shortage of fuel and the collapse of the public transport system took its toll on the already strained education system.
Boarding schools have no food, books or stationery. The educational infrastructure has collapsed nationwide, while a major brain drain has hit all schools, tertiary colleges and universities because of low salaries and poor working conditions.
The MDC has condemned the undue punishment being meted on innocent Zimbabweans by a regime that has dismally failed, saying Zanu (PF) has proved it cannot run a modern economy with functioning systems, policies and working infrastructure.
The recommendations of the Nziramasanga Commission report, which are gathering dust in government offices, have been completely ignored.
The infrastructural collapse of universities and tertiary colleges has become legendary. Universities lecturers earn far below the poverty datum line of $8,5 million, further straining an already collapsed education system.
The MDC believes that education is every child’s basic right. In the new Zimbabwe that we envision, every child shall receive quality education. An MDC government will address the mismatch between the budgetary allocation to education and that of other less important sectors such as Defence. We cannot prioritise guns and bombs ahead of our children’s education. Military arsenal can never take precedence over a good education for Zimbabwe’s future leaders. – Mhashu is the MDC Secretary for Education