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Zimbabwe's schools: No need to start from scratch

Student Bongani Ncube-Zikhali says that Zimbabwe has schools and teachers. It just needs the resources to pay them.

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A lexicon of abuse

This disturbing glossary of expressions used by children and teachers to describe abuse and violence has been collated by the NGO Plan International. Read more on sexual exploitation in African schools in an article for the Education Campaign in our December-January issue, out now.

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I wish I could make four copies of myself

In Togo, teachers have been on strike, saying that they support the return of universal free education but that the state’s resources are inadequate.

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