School heads cash in on Beam irregularities

A GOVERNMENT programme to cushion underprivileged learners by paying tuition and examination fees is being abused in schools, with inconsistencies in disbursement creating fertile ground for corrupt practices, a recent Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) report shows.

Government launched the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) programme in 2001 to cater for the underprivileged. Through Beam, the government pays school fees for at least 1,8 million learners out of an estimated six million learners.

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