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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The government has started re-registering and regularising some private schools that it had shut down last year.<\/p>\n

This is being done to help absorb thousands of South Africa-based learners likely to join their parents coming back home in the coming months following the expiry of their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs).<\/p>\n

Speaking to NewsDay,<\/b> Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Director of Communications and Advocacy, Taungana Ndoro, said:<\/p>\n

Processes are underway to put in place measures to adopt the learners into local schools.<\/p>\n

We have those schools that we call non-governmental or private schools that are in the process of being registered and regularised, and the government is building more schools.<\/p>\n

We are also encouraging private players to play their role and make sure we have enough schools to cater for the deficit, particularly in the highly-populated areas.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe has a student population of six million but has a deficit of 3 000 schools.<\/p>\n

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou said that local schools will struggle to accommodate the children of returnees. Zhou said:<\/p>\n

We will have bloated classes. Resources like chairs, books and others will also be in shortage.<\/p>\n

We would have hoped that the government would engage its South African counterpart for a gradual return of our people instead of a once-off flooding of returnees.<\/p>\n

We know that an additional number of learners will worsen the plight of learners in schools.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe Teachers Association secretary-general Goodwill Taderera said:<\/p>\n

No doubt those learners will be crammed in classes because already the teacher-pupil ratio was abnormally high.<\/p>\n

Teachers are very committed but the government should now take this issue seriously to avoid worsening the situation.<\/p>\n

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