ABSTRACT
When Zimbabwe attained independence, there was an unprecedented expansion in the provision of education at all levels. To illustrate the degree of expansion in education in 1979, there were 2,401 primary schools with an enrolment of 819,586 pupils. In 1989, there were 4,504 primary schools with an enrolment of 2,274,178 pupils. At secondary level, in 1979 there were 177 secondary schools with an enrolment of 66,215 pupils. By 1989, there were 1,502 secondary schools with an enrolment of 695,882 pupils (Secretary for Education, Annual reports, 1979-89).
