1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Standing Orders No. 20 (d) mandates Select Committees to monitor, investigate, inquire into and make recommendations relating to any aspect of the legislative programme, budget, policy or any other matter it may consider relevant to the government department falling within the category of affairs assigned to it, and may for that purpose consult and liaise with such department. In light of that provision, the Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education invited the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education for oral evidence session to discuss progress on implementation of its 2022 budget.
1.2 During the inquiry, the Committee received a petition from Sanitary Aid Zimbabwe and Deaf Zimbabwe Trust on access to sanitary wear by learners and provision of comprehensive education, therefore this report is also responding to the two petitions.