VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he had summoned Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora to his office to explain how the new Form One electronic selection system works.
This follows Dokora’s recent announcement that the selection process for next year’s Form One intake would be done electronically and simultaneously on December 16 to curb corruption.
Speaking at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce conference in Harare yesterday Mnangagwa said: “I have questions around the issue and I have asked him (Dokora) to come to my office this afternoon (yesterday), as there are grey areas. My questions are: Who is fighting who? Is it the parents, or you not understanding the parents, or both of you not understanding each other?”
Announcing the new policy early this month, Dokora said parents would be required to complete an electronic form, specifying three schools of their choice.
The form would then be forwarded to the relevant schools and parents would get feedback via a message on the outcome of their application by December 19.
Enrolment for both boarding and day school places was set for December 20. Last year, thousands of students were left stranded after they failed to secure boarding places under the same arrangement. Meanwhile, Mnangagwa said several farmers had been arrested in Manicaland and Mashonaland West province for allegedly abusing inputs sourced under the command agriculture initiative.-Newsday
