Once hailed as the pride of Africa, Zimbabwe's education system has been engulfed from top to bottom by the country's deepening political and economic crisis, reports ANDREW MELDRUM.
THE University of Zimbabwe, once the prestigious pinnacle of the system bequeathed by colonial rule, is now finding it almost impossible to keep functioning. Meanwhile, in schools across Zimbabwe teachers are operating hand to mouth, worrying less about lesson plans than what their pupils have to eat.
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