‘Demolitions will cause academic genocide’

TEACHERS’ unions yesterday decried demolition of houses and vending structures built on illegal sites, saying the move would severely affect children of the affected families and cause “academic genocide”.

Their statement came at a time when a recent study by Friedrich Naumann Foundation revealed that out of approximately six million students enrolled at learning institutions in the country, about 840 000 dropped out of school due to COVID-19-induced poverty.

This week, there were demolitions of illegal vending structures in Harare and Chitungwiza, resulting in thousands of families losing their livelihoods.

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