Mat North schools ordered to hold vacation lessons

MATABELELAND North education director Jabulani Mpofu has ordered all schools in remote areas that did not surpass the 30% pass rate at Grade 7 last year to conduct mandatory lessons during the April and August holidays.

In a statement dated April 2 and circulated to primary schools in the province, Mpofu highlighted that the incapacitation of teachers during this first term, which resulted in some of them failing to report for work, had necessitated the development.

The statement read: “The province is worried about the pass rates for 2019, and as such, all schools which attained 30% and below pass rates at Grade 7 public examinations in 2018 are to hold vacation school for Grades 5 to 7 learners in order to prepare them for better performance.

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