Zimbabwe Education Minister on why country had poor 2020 Grade 7 results

Schools with all candidates in Grades Seven to Nine category in all subjects.

The table below shows the number of schools per province that had all candidates in the Grades Seven to Nine category from 2017 to 2020. It can be noticed from the table that Harare and Bulawayo Provinces had some schools with all candidates in this category in 2018 only over this period but all the other provinces had this problem over the years indicated. There are reasons which can be put forward to explain this phenomenon and among them are:

Infrastructure that support learning at schools;
Access to teachers by learners;
Access to learning materials;
Access to equipment that support the teaching and learning processes;
Disruption to the school calendar by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

The table below shows school per province with all candidates in the Grade Seven to Nine category since 2017.

In conclusion, I implore Hon. Members to continue to call for more funding for the education sector so that we continue to increase the support which ultimately leads to better performance by our learners. The Ministry on its part, will continue to coordinate all the arms of the Ministry in this endeavour. I thank you Mr. Speaker Sir.