Zim rejects Cambridge curriculum choice claim

A WAR is brewing between Harare and Cambridge University Press & Assessment after the international examinations body indicated that Zimbabwean learners retain the right to choose a curriculum, triggering an immediate government rebuttal that there is “no choice” under the country’s new Heritage-Based Curriculum.

The dispute is centred on the implementation of Zimbabwe’s Heritage-Based Curriculum (HBC), which the government says will be the mandatory national learning framework for all pupils. The disagreement has raised uncertainty among parents, schools and learners over the future role of international examination systems such as Cambridge alongside Zimbabwe’s evolving education reforms.

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