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More than one hundred pupils take turns to use a makeshift classroom made of grass and mud. Images captured by a foreigner visiting the area brings the country’s ugly infrastructure to the world's attention.
(Matabeleland North) — GLARING images of a poor school shot by a visiting Zambian national in Binga district, Matabeleland North province recently, has brought home the ugly state of Zimbabwe’s poor education infrastructure, 37 years after independence.
The images revealing a makeshift school made of mud and grass — which more than one hundred pupils take turns to use during classes is located at Saba village in Binga and falls under the jurisdiction of Chief Saba.
The poor school is manned by two teachers — the head and his deputy — who both serve as regular teachers.
The images which have gone viral on social media have prompted several locals to question the seriousness of the government in a country which boasts of quality education in Africa, yet some parts of the country have no proper school infrastructure — or even just a school.
The grass and mud classroom which has set social media ablaze (Image/citizen reporter)
Binga is regarded as one of the most marginalized and poorest districts in Zimbabwe and the state of its schools could just be an epitome of underdevelopment in the district.
Locals blame their underdevelopment on the State—whose responsibility it has abdicated for more than three decades.— Editing by Divine Dube.
Editor’s note: An enquiry sent to Matabeleland North Provincial Education office had not yet been responded to at the time of publication.
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