Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima accused school heads of sabotaging the implementation of the new curriculum by ignoring his ministry’s communication. He said this while officiating at the National Association of Secondary Heads (Nash) conference in Victoria Falls on Thursday.
Mavima said school heads are not following his ministry’s communication concerning the suspension of tasks. He said while tasks were suspended, students may end up doing projects. Said Mavima:
It appears there was division where school heads were saying the ministry is the policy maker and they could not do anything. There can’t be a separation between you as heads and the Permanent Secretary’s office because you are the advocates for the new curriculum and your role is to help in implementation. I have heard your concerns that tasks are too many, time consuming and expensive. This shows that there is no communication because I have suspended the tasks and said I don’t want to see them until the same things you are complaining about are addressed. There is a process happening and we may end up with projects other than tasks. I notice you seem not to want to get communication when it’s given to you.
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