Deployment Of Non-Ndebele Speaking Teachers Blamed For Low Pass Rates In Ndebele Communities

Councillors in Zibagwe Rural District Council (ZRDC) in the Midlands province have bemoaned the low pass rate at most of the schools with some recording zero pass rate.

An internal report by the councillors revealed the depth of the rot. The report reads:

Pass rates are still a challenge with schools like Rhino Zibagwe Secondary getting zero per cent in both 2017 and 2018 results. There is, therefore, need to intensify efforts on improving pass rates in these schools.

Silobela Councillor Willard Moyo told a full council media on Tuesday that the pass rate was attributable to the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in the area. He said:

The poor pass rate is a testimony that the government is deploying non-Ndebele speaking teachers in predominantly Ndebele speaking areas.

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Infants in Early Childhood Development (ECD) classes are not being taught in their mother tongue. They are being destroyed from a very elementary stage and a formative stage in the learning period.

Sadly, we have teachers coming straight from college and don’t know the mother language in the areas they are deployed. Such a situation is a fertile ground for the destruction of our children’s future…

For us to develop as a country, there is a need to respect languages which are enshrined in the Constitution. There is a need for people to respect Ndebele as a language.

More: NewZimbabwe.com