allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Unicef Textbooks Flood Streets

Raymond Majongwe takes books from vendors at Ximex Mall. (Photo Courtesy Herald/ ZIM)

THOUSANDS of textbooks donated to primary and secondary schools countrywide under the Education Transition Fund have flooded the informal market.

There are reports that some officials involved in the distribution of the books diverted them for personal benefit.

It is alleged the scam also involves school officials as some of the textbooks bear school stamps.

This prompted the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe to launch a blitz on textbook vendors in Harare yesterday.

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