It wasn’t wrong that private secondary schools opened in January for lessons thru online learning using Google Classroom. To consider that as wrong, is micromanaging pvt schools.
Since they opened in January, then they shld be allowed to have a 2021 Temporary Academic Calendar.
Since Monday, the learners in ATS-affiliated private secondary schools are sitting for their end of term exams & everything is going on well without incident or problem.
Majority if not all ATS-affiliated private secondary schools use Cambridge and not ZIMSEC for exams. The parallel exam system is already in existence.
The Gvt should focus more on assisting the most needy learners in public schools in the rural areas & high density communities.
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1/ The central Gvt took away the responsibility to collect motor vehicle licenses. It goes to @zinaraZW which then centrally allocates to local authorities to construct, rehabilite & repair roads using an unknown formula.
2/ In terms of the Roads Act of 2001, ZINARA disburses funds to the Road Authorities based on four types of disbursements: 1. routine maintenance, 2. periodic maintenance, 3. emergency, and 4. special project fund.
3/ Road Authorities are categorised into: 1. Department of Roads (DoR) in the @MinistryofTID, responsible for trunk roads, 2. Urban Councils, for urban roads, 3. Rural District Councils, for rural roads, & 4. District Development Fund (DDF), responsible for rural roads.
2/ How do organised private lessons affect the PS’ authority over the private schools?
How does conducting private lessons using e-learning & allowing the private schools to have a temporary calendar for 2021 affect the education system?
Who is disadvantaged?
3/ Online private lessons can be organised between: 1. a teacher with a learner, 2. a teacher with a group of learners, 3. a school for the teachers, or 4. an association or grouping of schools for their teachers to conduct the lessons.
2/ By definition, dollarization is "when the USD is used in addition to or in place of the domestic currency of another country. It usually happens when a country’s own currency loses its usefulness as a medium of exchange, due to hyperinflation or instability." - Investopedia.
3/ Its further explained that "dollarization usually occurs in developing countries with a weak central monetary authority or an unstable economic environment. It can occur as an official monetary policy or as a de facto market process."
1. There has been stability of the local currency. 2. Big corporates are getting FX from the FX auction market & SMEs are buying from banks. 3. This means by displaying the dual prices, customers can see what rate is being used.
I will share a sad experience of mine below.
Went 2 an SME Indian-owned shop 4 some items. Pricing was dual but at a rate of 120 if it’s in LX. I told him that the rate was 105.He said I shld go&buy the forex&come back 2 pay in USDs.
I did that using Ecocash& then went back into the shop&bought the goods.
#NOCZIMDebtRedemptionLevy Thread 🔥🔥🔥
i. HOW long shall this be paid?
ii. WHO is being paid WHAT amount?
1/ Indicated in the fuel price build up is a level of 1.3 cents USD & 5.7 cents USD per litre for diesel&petrol, respectively.
Accountability based on s68 of the Const
2/ The 1999 #NOCZIM corruption scandal led the Gvt to pass on its debts to the people of Zimbabwe by way of a #NOCZIMDebtRedemptionLevy introduced in 2003.
3/ Finance Act: "The Noczim debt redemption levy was introduced by the Finance Act in 2003 to assist the company amortise its accumulated foreign debt that it has battled to settle despite previously enjoying monopoly over fuel trade."