"The education crisis in Zimbabwe has turned the nation ito a horrible graveyard of burried hopes for youths"

Despite all its problems, Zimbabwe has always boasted it has the highest literacy rates in Africa, but latest education statistics may leave long-time leader, President Robert Mugabe with a little egg on his face.
Results from a 2012 census indicate that one in two adults have never been to school, but unlike in most parts of the continent, more females than males received formal education.
The statistics, by the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) revealed that 51% of men had not been to school, while 49% of females had missed out on formal education. This fact poses a threat to the poor youths of Zimbabwe who are keen to get education to its highest levels. They are left with no hope because the poor education levels are being fueled by the crippled economy of the nation which has proven to be failing to improve but rather its getting worse on a daily basis.

Literacy levels in Zimbabwe are believed to be at 90%, the highest in Africa, although Zimstat says 97% of the country's 13 million people are literate.According to the report, in the capital, Harare there were slightly more males than females, who had never been to school and there were slightly more females than males at school. In a situation like this it is the youths who suffer the most because they make up most of the national population so it is the youth who comprise of the remaining illiterate population, thus threatening their aspirations in life.                                                           






The results that Zimstat do not only embarrass and tarnish the image of the president but they also pose a serious threat to the youths who are left hopeless. The question at hand now is: what are our dear political leaders doing when Zimbabwe's future leaders are so hopeless?