After The President of Zimbabwe agreed to step down by public demand & a coup de tat A new Cabinet was set up There was an outcry by the public &teachers to have the minister of primary & secondary education ousted from government Before the inauguration of the cabinet scheduled for Mon 4 Dec The minister was removed from the list of the new cabinet
Jubilation
There was jubilation by teachers & the general public Tweets were posted praising the good work by the new president of taking into considerstion the wishes of the people
His crimes
Though his ouster was in connection with the Constitution which stated that the new president could only appoint 5 new ministers & reappoint those who were MPs in the old cabinet now since he was not an MP he had to face the axe before the inauguration.People attributed his ouster to the fact that he had introduced a new curriculum which they said was cumbersome to the leaners & teachers as well
Learners had to do 3 tasks & 1 project per term which contributed only 30% to his final exam mark together with the subject matter which constituted 70% Teachers felt this was too much as compared to the remuneration the get
A teacher surrounded with piles of files of tasks in the shelves & beneath her to be completed by Thursday 7 Dec
His other crime was trying to get rid of Christianity in the schools & introducing a national pledge in schools which did not auger well with the parents as well as the Christian community
This is a tweet by those who were happy with his outer
So sad .Such is life. Sweet today, sour tomorrow
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