Schools violating children’s right to basic education

The Zimbabwe Peace Project has noted that several government schools sent children home on the first day of school over outstanding school fees. The ZPP visited at least 14 Primary schools in Harare and Mashonaland Central provinces where children had been sent back home.

ZPP pictures,parents waiting to see school authorities

Section 75 of the Constitution says every citizen and permanent resident of Zimbabwe has a right to a basic State-funded education, including adult basic education. The constitution implores the state to take reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available to it to achieve the progressive realisation of the right set out in subsection 1.

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