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Zimbabwean Education Minister Unconvinced By 92 Percent Literacy Rate Claim
Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart says Zimbabweans must not mislead themselves into believing that the country has the highest literacy levels in Africa. In the recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) study, Zimbabwe overtook Tunisia as the country with the highest literacy rate on the continent at 92%. Colltart said the UNDP relied on figures showing attendance at school for the first four years of formal education as indicators of literacy rates but the Grade VII results will be a more accurate indicator for Zimbabwe.
He gave an example of a recent survey among Grade V pupils in Manicaland which showed that there were “alarmingly low” rates of literacy.
Coltart said most of the pupils in the survey did not have Grade V literacy levels but had Grade I and II levels, a scenario he said most likely applied to all provinces in this country.
“Our education system is in a crisis and we need to do a lot of work to restore the quality of education for our children's sake,” he said.
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