HOW DOES POLITICS GENERALLY AFFECT EDUCATION AND ITS LEVELS

Politics and politicians often create a collective shrug in society. This is particularly in relation to education and its levels visa vee the political state of a country. This might sound a little bizarre for people who have not been following our political system and the education rates since then. The political system of the Zimbabwe nation has been of negative effect, as clearly evidenced by the hopelessly decreasing passrates in schools since 2008 especially for those that have been well known for good performance in the past. This is quite disturbing because considering the fact that there is no improvement in politics then there is and there will be no improvement in education levels either.


 The overall pass rate for November 2013 was 20,72 percent, clearly showing the downfall in educational performance of Zimbabwe. ZIMBABWE’S Advanced Level pass rate for 2012 marginally dropped to 82.09 percent from 85.2 percent the previous year, statistics released by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec). The overall pass rate (2012) was equal to 82.09 percent. In 2011, the overall pass rate was 85.2 percent, therefore the pass rate for 2012 was slightly lower than that for 2011.