Zimbabwe Bill will shut down private schools – opponents

‘If this Bill passes through Parliament in its present form, by mid-next year half of our schools will be closed down and our children will be roaming the streets,’ said lawyer Edith Mushore, representing the Association of Trust Schools, grouping some 550 private schools. According to a report on the Sunday Times site, Mushore told a parliamentary committee hearing that the proposed reforms to the education laws were ‘an unprecedented attack on private schools’ in Zimbabwe. The Education Amendment Bill was presented in May, allowing the Education Minister to set school fees, impose a school uniform and determine the recruitment for all teachers, including those in privately-run schools. Full report on the Sunday Times site