10 Things that are lacking from our Zimbabwean primary education curriculum that I believe every Zimbabwean will definitely need in their day to day life:
1. Driving and road safety- we should start teaching this from ECD. Traffic lights, road safety and road use. Avoiding jaywalking and respecting the highway code as well as critical decision making behind the wheel.
2. Critical Thinking - we argue a lot as Zimbos instead of putting across facts. We also get scammed too often because we do not think critically and consider all angles before accepting a deal or proposal. This needs to be taught from as early as possible.
3. Swimming - we have soo many cases of death due to drowning when people can't even swim to save their lives. Climbing trees too should be part of this and the whole survival skills package.
4. First Aid - we has so many road accidents, chronic disease attacks, emergencies etc and people die unnecessarily when simple first aide could have saved a life.
5. Communication - a lot of problems emanate from "hearing" instead of "listening" or listening to win an argument instead of listening to communicate. Texting or calling the whole day is also not communication. kuma LIVE eFacebook or Twitter spaces people resort to saying zvinyadzi because they can't hold a debate based on facts, unfortunately it even spills over to parliamentary debates.
6. Cooking, Hygiene and Food preparation - I remember there is a topic in home economics in primary school but the practical side of this lacks a lot. Anyone should be able to prepare themselves a meal and not have 20 year olds starving because no one could cook for them. changing car tyres and light bulbs too should be done by everyone. Hygiene should also be emphasized. we can't be well known for having stinking armpits worldwide.
7. Basic Law - I know @advocatemahere and I will agree on this (just don't say the lesson of naming locust parts haina basa lol, we also named parts of a flower, named the 4 stroke engine cycles, types of clouds, sarajevo assassination etc which others do not use at all in their daily lives but doesn't mean they are all useless) but yes, we need to know the law. Many times we are duped and oppressed simply because we do not know basic law. It should be taught from ECD.
8. Financial Literacy - The difference between asstes and liabilities, investing, stocks, loans, bonds, profit, loss, everything to do with business should not start way late in life. It should start as early as possible so that we have better way s of handling money when we make it. We don't want to grow up one day and then say "haa ndakamboita mari vakomana"
9. Self Defense - yes, we can't have people bullying us. We also can not tolerate not having a chance to survive if rogue elements attack. We must be able to defend ourselves.
10. Digital Literacy - maCitizens apa anoda help. This is non negotiable from safety online, to what can be incriminating and which digital footprints can harm you and how to be safe. Also on how to search for relevant information online and vet credible sources, to avoid being scammed or being overcharged for something simple (those vema C.O.S scams realized later that all the information they wanted was for free).
You can also add more that you believe can help us as a nation.
Sugar bean farmers at the Mzingwane Irrigation Scheme in Matabeleland South are improving food security and household incomes through year-round farming under a drip irrigation system. Drawing water from the Mzingwane River, the scheme is helping families diversify crop production, reduce dependence on food aid and generate income from surplus harvests.
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Zvishavane Town Council invested in Makwasha Polyclinic as part of efforts to decentralize health services and reduce pressure on the main Zvishavane District hospital and Mandava Clinic. For years, residents of Izaya Park, Mandava, and Makwasha have traveled long distances for medical attention.
The new health facility includes a women’s waiting shelter and a fully equipped outpatient department.
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I have put restrictions on my kids phones so they can’t use them before 7am or after 8pm except to make calls/send texts.
They can’t download apps without me approving and they’re not allowed:
WhatsApp
Instagram
TikTok
Snapchat
X
It’s called parenting, some should try it.
Dr Walter Rodney was assassinated on June 13, 1980, by a bomb planted in a walkie talkie. He was 38.
His key work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, exposed the roots of global inequality and the violence of colonial underdevelopment.
WATCH VIDEO | The final meters that made Zimbabwe proud as Tshuma powered home for second
First came the finish. Then came the embrace. Then came the dance. As the Comrades crowd roared, Zimbabwe's Nobukhosi Nobuhle Tshuma celebrated a sensational runner-up finish with the Borrowdale dance after being congratulated by champion Gerda Steyn, completing a scene worthy of the occasion.
Video credit | Comrades Marathon/YouTube
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@Gary161718 Having worked and lived out of the country for a long time, I remain convinced that Zimbabwe is the best country I have ever lived.
The sense of community and relationships are real.
Even in the next life I would choose Zimbabwe again if the choice is mine.
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