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Zimbabwe has reportedly approached Britain for funds to help cover school fees for an estimated one million pupils who could be forced out of school because the cash-strapped government cannot finance a scheme meant for poor children.
According to the UK-based Telegraph newspaper, Harare appealed to London ten days ago to extend a programme under which the British government paid school fees for about 300,000 pupils over the last three years.
"We received an initial request from the Zimbabwean Government and we are considering our response," the newspaper quoted an unnamed official with the UK Department for International Development (DIFID) as saying.
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Source: New Zimbabwe
According to the UK-based Telegraph newspaper, Harare appealed to London ten days ago to extend a programme under which the British government paid school fees for about 300,000 pupils over the last three years.
"We received an initial request from the Zimbabwean Government and we are considering our response," the newspaper quoted an unnamed official with the UK Department for International Development (DIFID) as saying.
More details here
Source: New Zimbabwe
