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Some Form 3 Pupils Cannot Read And Write, Says Ministry Of Education Official

1 year agoSun, 25 Jun 2023 16:05:38 GMT

Some Form 3 Pupils Cannot Read And Write, Says Ministry Of Education Official

Some Zimbabwean learners who are now doing Ordinary Level are still unable to read and write.

This was said by Cyprian Masocha, who is the chief director for curriculum development and technical services in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, reported ZimLive.

Masocha made the revelations when he recently appeared before parliament’s portfolio committee on primary and secondary education.

He said some of the weaknesses of Zimbabwe’s education system could be cured by the Continuous Learning Assessment Activities (CALA), which is being resisted by some teachers and parents. Masocha said:

The problem that we have is that our education has not been all that efficient and effective as much as we would need.
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That’s why you find that in infant education, we are now putting more emphasis on foundational skills where our learners should be able to read and write as they finish their Grade 2.
When they enter our junior education (Grade 3) they should be able to write.

Masocha conceded some learners were facing challenges with CALA because of their inability to read and write. He said:

That’s why you find parents complaining that ‘we are doing the CALA for our children’.
In most cases, it’s because those pupils are unable to read and write at Grade 6; unable to read and write at Form 3.
That’s why we have come back to you to say assist us so that we improve our curriculum to make sure that they are able to read and write.
Once they are able to read and write, the burden on us as parents doing the work for them is lessened.

He appealed to lawmakers for their support for the implementation of the competence-based curriculum.

CALA is a student continuous assessment method that was set to be implemented for the November 2021 session of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations.

CALA includes learning activities, projects or assessment that require learners to perform, demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency.

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27 Comments

Anonymous · 1 year ago

CALA is a very systematic way of leading resource poor to fail. Hence provide cheap labour in future for the elite and those in power forever.

mashura · 1 year ago

haigugulungu

Form 3 · 1 year ago

mukomana haapinde state house asi pakati pemakumbo emudzimai wake

Tyson &mzembi · 1 year ago

it's the economy **pid. nothing that goes in yours hands suceeds. siirai mukomana apinde hake. just remember the days of Coltart

The Truth · 1 year ago

All these government officials vana vavo vanonyora zimsec here????If the answer is no then we have a serious problem in our hands bcoz the truth is they don't care whether our children progress or regress sezvo vavo ingori forward ever takaenda takaenda ne Cambridge hedu nema varsity eko mhiri kwemakungwa back home ana baba nana mai vari busy ku**** vana vevamwe kuitira kut murambe muri relevant munyika zve kutogadzira tuma dynasty nyore nyore pamunodzoka mhiriyo ndmi munenge mave ma movers and shakers zve both in public and private sectors.Lets stop pretending like all is well in the education sector both primary and tertiary atori manyama amire nerongo zvekuti kana chamisa achiti akapinda pachigaro anobvisa cala haiwa ndaona anogona kukunda musarudzo.

APOLITICAL · 1 year ago

Sometimes one has to be humble enough and admit that the recent curriculum that was introduced is not doing an good but a failure. if only you admit, the problem that they is no progress in some sectors it's because of ignorance to admit that they is no progress at all. They are failing to read because of CALAS, why do you have to force them to do something that we all see it does no good. the problem with the system is they want to implement something's in the name of I did that also in that year. David Corthurt education system was far much better than what we have after him,a primary school student is carrying books like a university student then one thinks we on the right direction.

Vamugidamujena · 1 year ago

poor salaries is equal to poor reading skills

MC Motors · 1 year ago

Ngatimbo ongororai kuti vese varikuti CALA ngaiitwe muzvikoro vana vavo varikudzidza kupi? Handinyatso zivawo kuti muma private schools various kuitawo here CALA? Kubvira pakauya Lazarus Dokora Ku education ma standards akabva adzikira akasiya vanhu vake vaakafonyora brain ,izvozvi tarisai vana havasisina shungu nechikoro becoz of work load yaano pihwa even at primary level ,ivo varikupa homework yacho havatozivawo ma answers. Imagine mwana ari grade 2 anobvunzwa kunzi munhu anoumba Hari anzii ? kutobvunza mumwe ari Ku University haatoziva kuti munhu anoumba hari anonzii .Shame to our education system

zelensky 🇺🇦 · 1 year ago

nyika yaita dololo, hapana hapana zvakuda shanduko

Ordek · 1 year ago

Ko vana vake vari kuitawo here maCALA aya nekuti ndiri kuona sekuti vake vanonyora Cambridge.. Panongoda kuti panzi mwna wese ZIMSEC pamwe tingaite muono wakafanana semhuri yeZimbabwe not kuti tingatungamiriwa nemunhu ane vana vasingazive ZIMSEC exams azvibude

Gogo · 1 year ago

Zanu is funny. They waste state resources 'consulting' and the feed back they get from all stakeholders is that Cala is waste of time but they come back and still want to force it into the education system. Why then did you 'consult'?

Citizen · 1 year ago

Deep down he knows that this Cala thing is useless and has destroyed our education, he is just singing for his supper, remember in Zanu Pf you offer a different view you are regarded as a sell out hence the bootlcking and singing praises to nonsense.

Sorojena · 1 year ago

Cala is just like a RtgsBondDollar, govt will keep on embracing knowing its aftermath. Cala marks are not fair because parents, Google and fundamate contribute mostly without restrictions. It's just like teaching our children to copy and paste

Rudo💅 · 1 year ago

Mwana anodzidzisiwa naTeacher kuskuru kwete nemubereki.Cala yeyi.Musatikwidze BP dzedu veduwe

Hokage · 1 year ago

so you guys are actually surprised ?

..... · 1 year ago

uyu ari dirvoced from reality

Parent · 1 year ago

Mari yekutenga zvinodiwa hapana motaura zveCala seiyiko muchiita kuhge ndimi makauya nedzidzo iyi nwaaa

Ndikunzwe futi · 1 year ago

Mwana agara arikuita practical subject eg, Building technology and Desingn, zvagara mwana anowaka, achadrawer obuda neproject yake asi anodazve CALA what for. Masocha kana ndakubata zvakanaka hauziwe zvauri kutaura kana CALA yacho hauziweba. Matrs ndo amawe kuona asingade Cala vaneyi naro mukawana nguva mukwane henyu imi baba imi

Anonymous · 1 year ago

taura hako. its just some overzealous policy makers vanenge vachida kungonzi vaita pfungwa. Even Agriculture subject iriko wani, and its very practical. Problem yePolicy making yemuZimbabwe ndeyekuti hapaitwi brainstorming vasati vabvuma kuti idea yauya nemhunhu iite mutemo. Munhu akangohumana kwakutonzi haa ataura zvinemusoro. Zvimwe zvinhuhazvidi unnecessary change or disruption for the sake of changing.

chillaz · 1 year ago

if yu want more eggs , feed the hen.

Tel Aviv · 1 year ago

Correct, to get more and top quality eggs, feed the chicken well and to get more fruits take care of the plant. Ndiko kupedza masports. No two ways.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

I beg to differ with Cyprian Masocha I am not sure what the cause could be but CALA is definitely not the missing link If you look at scholars of yester year they would train to be teachers after completing what was called standard six and I tell you those people were good teachers and could speak good English There was no CALA then The basic requirement for apprenticeships pilot training and a host of other professions was Ordinary level and top of the range experts used to be produced then but this animal called CALA was not there I think CALA was not there when Cyprian went to school and I guess he has done well academicallly I think the problem is the quality of education which has gone down The educators are perpetually complaining about poor conditions of service and they are not putting whole hearted efforts in the execution of their duties I believe those are the issues that should be addressed

Reg · 1 year ago

I second you. Well spoken

Sorojena · 1 year ago

Cala is killing our education, without it our yesteryear students used to excell academically. Now our children know how to type than write, their mathematics is done using calculators. We have polytechnic colleges which fully addresses the goals of cala, why should we burden our children with the useless curriculum. It's not true that our students do not know how to read and write, they're very efficient in typing also they read more stuff from the internet.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Baba just make sure your teachers are well paid ,bcz ndivo vanotanga ,and build future Yemunhu.musawanikwa muchizvipa Mari dzakawanda imimi,mateachers vanoita Kuti munhu akwanise kuverenga vasina chavarikuwana.teachers are not volunteers, vanoto pinzwa basa nemi,asi u give them nothing in return.what do u expect from this scenario.