Culture Month commemorations spearheaded by NACZ will run until May 31 as an extension of World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, which is celebrated on May 21.
Learners from schools in Gwanda were sent back home on Monday morning as authorities feared a health crisis after water supplies were cut off in the mining town owing to a payment dispute between the local authority and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC).
Gwanda and Beitbridge Municipalities owe the power utility a combined $260 million in unpaid electricity bills resulting in ZETDC cutting off power supplies which has affected the pumping of water since Thursday last week.
In an interview with Gwanda Hospital acting medical superintendent, Dr Blessing Gwarimbo who is also the District Medical Officer, said as the ministry of health, guided by Covid-19 protocols, recommend the closure of schools.
Examination classes went smoothly back to school yesterday with teachers and pupils following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
The three examination classes, Grade 7, Form 4 and Form 6, opened yesterday after President Mnangagwa and the health authorities cleared the schools reopening soon after the relaxation of the lockdown level.
The rest of the classes go back on Monday next week.
In Harare yesterday morning schools visited by The Herald had opened their education doors, and pupils were being checked for temperature and sanitising hands at the gate before admission. Everyone was wearing a facemask and no one was crowding.
At class entry points, there were buckets to wash hands before entering into classrooms.
Schools reopen under strict health regulations
Herald Reporters
Examination classes went smoothly back to school yesterday with teachers and pupils following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
The three examination classes, Grade 7, Form 4 and Form 6, opened yesterday after President Mnangagwa and the health authorities cleared the schools reopening soon after the relaxation of the lockdown level.
The rest of the classes go back on Monday next week.
In Harare yesterday morning schools visited by The Herald had opened their education doors, and pupils were being checked for temperature and sanitising hands at the gate before admission. Everyone was wearing a facemask and no one was crowding.