WHILE the mushrooming of backyard private schools, colleges, academies and pre-schools was initially touted as a plus to Zimbabwe’s nose-diving education sector, most of these institutions are now a source of much disgruntlement to many parents since most of them have thrown ‘standards’ outside the window as their pre-occupation is now making money more than providing quality education.
In Bulawayo alone, there are more than 100 bogus colleges and most of these are located in backyards and slum dwellings with unserviced reticulation services, poor sanitation and poor infrastructure. Yet pupils continue to troop en masse to these ’slum’ colleges. Below are some of the pictures depicting the deplorable state of one the colleges - Cordiale Academy located in Bulawayo .
Will you send your child to such as a school?
- ZimNet
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