Citizenship Education in Zimbabwe

Abstract

With the imposition of neoliberal globalisation and Eurocentric education, there is a pressing need for Zimbabwe to ensure that it is open and inclusive, not only for the development of its economy, but to build a cohesive and stable society. Zimbabwe faces numerous challenges, probably more than any other postcolonial state has ever encountered. Some of these are the AIDS scourge that wipes out thousands of lives a year, ethnic conflict, corruption, hunger and deprivation, street kids, dilapidated schools and hospitals, lower life expectancy, political turmoil and socio-economic meltdown which has condemned many to squalor and poverty.