Anti-graft content to be added to school curriculu...

Anti-graft content to be added to school curriculum

Zim Now Writer

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is working with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on an ambitious project to provide content that will be taught to learners to ensure they shun corruption from a young age.

Zacc chairperson Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo, in an interview with a State weekly, said that teaching learners on anti-corruption in schools is a stepping stone towards achieving a corruption-free country at all levels.

Said Justice Matanda-Moyo: “Zacc is currently working with the Curriculum Development Unit in the Ministry of Primary (and Secondary) Education to input teachable content in school syllabi.

“The establishment of Anti-Corruption Clubs in schools and colleges, and the appointment of Anti-Corruption champions in both urban and rural communities are tools that will be used.

“Mainstreaming anti-corruption content in the formal school curriculum is an important preventative tool,” said the Zacc chairperson.

She said Zacc will work with religious groups in raising anti-corruption awareness and also disseminate anti-corruption information on both electronic and print media.

Matanda-Moyo also said the anti-graft body was working on correcting the obtaining perception that it was a useless organisation with no capacity to fight corruption.