Officials rapped over English

Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Lutho Tapela yesterday chided officials at the United College of Education  teachers’ graduation ceremony in Bulawayo for speaking in English, saying they should have used vernacular as everyone at the function understood local languages.

Report by Richard Muponde
Tapela was the guest of honour at the ceremony where 238 graduands were capped after finishing courses in various disciplines.

 
“The principal has addressed you in English, the director of ceremony, it’s the same and the representative of the University of Zimbabwe, Pro Vice-Chancellor, did the same,” he said.

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