Students at a secondary school in Bindura refused to recite the national pledge in front of a team of officials from the Ministry of Education on Tuesday.
The ministry representatives had driven all the way to witness how the students will recite the controversial prayer which has been viewed by rights activists as an infringement on the pupils rights.
A senior teacher at Chipindura Government Secondary School who refused to be named confirmed to an online publication that a group of pupils belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses ministries refused to recite the controversial vow on Tuesday.
The teacher also revealed that the school tried to force the pupils to recite the vow but their efforts hit a snag.
Activists have highlighted that the heroes refereed to in the national pledge are Zanu PF loyalists and this has not gone down well with the majority of parents who claim that the current government is attempting to introduce Zanu PF ideology to their children.
- New Zimbabwe
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