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Serikali ya Zimbabwe imeruhusu wazazi kulipa ada kwa mifugo au kwa kufanya kazi ktk shule husika kama malipo.
Waziri wa Elimu ya Msingi na Sekondari, Dr. Lazarus Dokora amesema kwamba mamlaka za shule zinatakiwa kubadilika na kuacha kufukuza watoto kwa kuwa tu wazazi wao hawana pesa.
Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara hiyo Dr. Sylvia Utete-Masango alifafanua kuwa mifugo itatumika kulipa kwa wazazi wa maeneo ya vijijini tu na mijini wazazi watalazimika kufanyakazi kama ujenzi kwenye shule husika endapo hawana pesa.
Zimbabwe inakabiliwa na uhaba wa pesa tangu mwaka jana baada ya Serikali kutishia kutaifisha makampuni yote ya kigeni nchini humo chini ya sheria ya kurudisha kila kitu kwa wazawa (Indigenisation and Empowerment Law).
Benki zililazimika kupunguza kiwango cha kutoa pesa hadi $40 kwa siku kwa kila mtu mmoja.
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Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has assented to the payment of school fees by parents using livestock or labour for the schools.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said over the weekend that school authorities should be flexible and not turn away pupils because their parents have no money to pay tuition fees.
“Our schools have to be flexible and ensure those who do not have money to pay fees can work. For example, if there is a builder in the community, he/she must be given that opportunity to work as a form of payment of tuition fees,” he told local newspaper Sunday Mail.
This was further elaborated by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango who was quoted by the newspaper saying payment using livestock is reserved for rural areas while those in towns and cities can pay by working for the school.
This development follows the recent tabling of a bill in parliament compelling banks to accept livestock as collateral for cash loans to informal businesses.
The Movable Property Security Interests bill, if passed, will allow livestock and household appliances to be acceptable as collateral after evaluation and registration by the central bank.
Cash shortages hit Zimbabwe last year after the government threatened to grab all foreign companies operating in the country under the Indigenisation and Empowerment Law.
Banks in Zimbabwe were compelled to reduce withdrawal bank limits for customers to as low as US$40 per day per individual.
This has led to hundreds of ordinary Zimbabweans sleeping outside banks daily to get the much needed cash.
Source: Africanews
Waziri wa Elimu ya Msingi na Sekondari, Dr. Lazarus Dokora amesema kwamba mamlaka za shule zinatakiwa kubadilika na kuacha kufukuza watoto kwa kuwa tu wazazi wao hawana pesa.
Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara hiyo Dr. Sylvia Utete-Masango alifafanua kuwa mifugo itatumika kulipa kwa wazazi wa maeneo ya vijijini tu na mijini wazazi watalazimika kufanyakazi kama ujenzi kwenye shule husika endapo hawana pesa.
Zimbabwe inakabiliwa na uhaba wa pesa tangu mwaka jana baada ya Serikali kutishia kutaifisha makampuni yote ya kigeni nchini humo chini ya sheria ya kurudisha kila kitu kwa wazawa (Indigenisation and Empowerment Law).
Benki zililazimika kupunguza kiwango cha kutoa pesa hadi $40 kwa siku kwa kila mtu mmoja.
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Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has assented to the payment of school fees by parents using livestock or labour for the schools.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said over the weekend that school authorities should be flexible and not turn away pupils because their parents have no money to pay tuition fees.
“Our schools have to be flexible and ensure those who do not have money to pay fees can work. For example, if there is a builder in the community, he/she must be given that opportunity to work as a form of payment of tuition fees,” he told local newspaper Sunday Mail.
This was further elaborated by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango who was quoted by the newspaper saying payment using livestock is reserved for rural areas while those in towns and cities can pay by working for the school.
This development follows the recent tabling of a bill in parliament compelling banks to accept livestock as collateral for cash loans to informal businesses.
The Movable Property Security Interests bill, if passed, will allow livestock and household appliances to be acceptable as collateral after evaluation and registration by the central bank.
Cash shortages hit Zimbabwe last year after the government threatened to grab all foreign companies operating in the country under the Indigenisation and Empowerment Law.
Banks in Zimbabwe were compelled to reduce withdrawal bank limits for customers to as low as US$40 per day per individual.
This has led to hundreds of ordinary Zimbabweans sleeping outside banks daily to get the much needed cash.
Source: Africanews
