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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Teachers\u2019 unions on Monday dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s promise to reintroduce free basic education in public schools in 2023 as a hopeless campaign gimmick.<\/p>\n

Writing in his weekly column in The Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa said his Government will provide universal free education starting next year. He wrote:<\/p>\n

The government will push for phased access to universal free education wholly funded by the State.<\/p>\n

We must make primary education free and universal next year, in 2023.<\/p>\n

Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure told NewsDay that State-funded education was already a constitutional mandate, which Mnangagwa had failed to implement since 2018. Said Masaraure:<\/p>\n

The provision of State-funded education is a constitutional obligation on the shoulder of every government of the day.<\/p>\n

The politician in Mnangagwa should not appear to be doing anyone a favour by promising to move in that direction, his government should be ashamed for failing to adhere to the Education Act and section 75 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe Teachers Union (ZTU) chief executive officer Manuel Nyawo said:<\/p>\n

We raise the question of commitment which demands a practical and pragmatic approach to achieving these earmarked developments on the part of the government.<\/p>\n

We also wonder how this is going to be achieved when the government is failing to pay its workers reasonable salaries.<\/p>\n

Political analyst Vivid Gwede said Mnangagwa has failed to prioritise education. Said Gwede:<\/p>\n

If the allocation of resources to education was prioritised, free primary and secondary education would have been achieved as part of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

Another political analyst Effie Ncube Mnangagwa\u2019s pledge is merely a campaign gimmick. He said:<\/p>\n

Although free education is desirable and necessary, it is not sustainable in an economy that is in a vegetative state and bleeding under the weight of corruption and mismanagement.<\/p>\n

Therefore, for ZANU PF, which has been in power for 42 years, this is another electioneering gimmick.<\/p>\n

President Mnangagwa also promised free education during the run-up to the 2018 general elections but he has failed to fulfil the promise with his first term in office drawing to an end.<\/p>\n

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