As stated by CNN this story highlights the following:
- In two years, 20,000 teachers have left Zimbabwe
- Desperately poor parents sometimes pay for education with livestock
- Zimbabwe's education system suffered as the economy went into freefall
- Head teacher: We need to teach these kids ... to become something in the world
Overall I really liked the tone of this article, the reporter included a lot of historical references that correlated with the current state of Zibabwe's educational system. And after reading this article I felt a lot of remorse for the children of Zimbabwe due to the conditions they are left to endure just to get an education. I always knew (coming from Kenya myself) that you were very lucky if your family could afford the tuition fees but I had no idea that it had come to this extent (13 children to one book). 7,000 schools closings is such an unimaginable thing and here we thought 6 schools closing in one district/state was an unthinkable choice. Going off of one of the highlights, 20,000 teachers leaving Zimbabwe (most likely for a better life) makes you wonder how many teachers remain today? Not much.
This wasn't a very "uplifting" article but I believe it can impact a lot of people out there to do something good or at least appreciate their education even more rather than slacking off.
One of the teachers made a good point "We have children who are excelling even though they are sitting on the floor, so that is why we are hoping if things normalize these children may be the best in the world."
