‘Vacant rural teaching posts to blame for poor pass rates’

MPs have implored government to fill vacant teaching posts in rural and marginalised areas to improve pass rates.

Rushinga MP Tendai Nyabani (Zanu PF) while raising a motion on deployment of teachers, said the Labour and Social Welfare and Primary and Secondary ministries should work together to fill vacant positions in rural areas.

The motion came after most schools in the rural areas recorded poor pass rates which were as low as 3%.

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