ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has revealed. The report follows a similar one conducted by the ...
A United States embassy report on the 2021 state of human rights in Zimbabwe painted a gloomy picture of the education sector, saying learners were quitting school in droves. Some of the dropouts were now engaged as child labourers in the artisanal mining sector and on farms while others were...
Dropouts were more likely to access SRH services such as condoms and contraceptives, except the combination prevention intervention services which were more likely to reach those who had not dropped out and were equally likely to reach those in school with high versus low/no absenteeism. Combination...
Matebeleland South province, which is largely rural, continues to record high cases of school dropouts. Some of the causes include financial challenges, long distances to school, illegal mining activities, migration, teenage pregnancies, and loss of interest in school. Presenting the report ZimStat d...
In a related development, United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Zimbabwe also revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had paralysed the education system, with the number of school dropouts rising for the first time in 20 years. In a statement yesterday, Unicef said: “With widespread school clo...
Effectiveness of health instruction provided by student nurses in rural secondary schools of Zimbabwe: a feasibility study. This demonstration project used student nurses ( n = 12) on community deployment to provide health instruction among rural school-age populations in Zimba......
In most countries girls are more likely to be out of school than boys (GEC, ,Citation2018a). This is the case in Zimbabwe, where this study is based. Reasons vary between contexts and are recognised to be a complex combination of economic and sociocultural issues. These include school loca...
'. Forty questionnaires were administered to forty teachers and structured interviews conducted with the heads of the five schools, pupils primary school dropouts and parents / care givers. The study found that there are similarities and differences in the causes of school'dropout in the two ...
To clear the secondary level of education in India, students are required to write a common board examination set conducted by the government (https://www.statista.com/statistics/661218/average-annual-drop-outs-in-schools-india/). India's infant mortality rates in India have decreased over the...
The study sought to assess factors contributing to high secondary school pupils dropouts in Bulilima District in Zimbabwe. Bulilima District has for a long time been experiencing high dropout rates amongst secondary school pupils due to ... S Moyo,DD Ncube,M Khupe 被引量: 1发表: 2016年 Facto...