Parly grills new Education minister

NEWLY-APPOINTED Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu yesterday received a baptism of fire in Parliament when MPs grilled her over the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (Cala) policy.

MPs demanded to know the validity of the programme and why it was introduced when students were about to sit for their end of year examinations.

Under Cala, students are supposed to carry out projects and tasks in schools which will constitute 30% of their coursework for the final examination for each subject.

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