Teacher-to-pupil ratio alarms lawmakers

ZIMBABWE’S education sector has seen an increase in teacher‑to‑pupil ratio to 1:45, far above the ideal standard where each educator has 20 learners in early childhood classes and 40 in primary grades, a new report shows.

This is contained in the joint Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education and Thematic Committee on Gender and Development on the state of universal access to basic primary and secondary education in Zimbabwe.

The revelations have heightened calls on government to lift the freeze on teacher recruitment.

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