Beverly Bizeki
Nemamwa Primary School has this year recorded a high staff turnover as 16 teachers have left the school in 2022 due to various challenges the school is facing.
The School head Shadreck Mhuru said this in a speech delivered at the Speech and Prize giving day held at the school on November 25, where learners got recognition for doing well in various disciplines.
“We have had a high staff turnover rate with 16 teachers having left the school from January this year owing to challenges that are inherent to our school which include accommodation,” said Mhuru.
The school has only two houses against a 38 member staff available at the school.
Most of the teachers at the school have to commute on a daily basis from Masvingo town or closer areas which has resulted in teachers transferring to urban areas and some to Chirichoga, a nearby school.
Schools Inspector Otilia Maramwidze lamented the reluctance by parents to pay school fees and urged them to bring up contributions that will build the school in order to succeed in the new competence based curriculum.
“Whenever you come to your school make sure you are contributing something that is good for the future, ideas that work for children to get relevant education that works.
“As parents, our obligation is to provide for our children so that learning is made easy as children tap into the modern way of learning so that they can fit into the global village,” urged Maramwidze.
Guest of honor Alfred Mombo urged parents to provide labour in the construction of buildings at the school.
“Let’s try as a community to provide free labour to boost the meager levies collected at the school to augment what the responsible authority (Reformed Church) has given to us,” said Mombo.
He further urged parents to pay meaningful levies that enable the school to progress in this economy.
The school has a learner population of 1057 against seven classroom blocks plus a sub-standard but functioning Early Childhood Development (ECD) block.
The school head also highlighted that the school hopes to have a spacious administration block.
The school also gets its income from poultry and crop farming as well as visits from tourists using their facilities.
