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Gwanda State university to finally open
06 Oct 2013 at 15:20hrs | Views
GWANDA State University (GSU) is set to open early next year following the recent acquisition of a satellite campus at the disused Epoch Nickel Mine in Filabusi, an official has said.
The university, which was launched in July failed to open for its first intake last month, after the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development condemned its Gwanda Show Grounds premises.
Matabeleland South Minister of State for provincial affairs, Cde Abedinico Ncube said infrastructure at Epoch Mine was suitable for the development of GSU satellite campus.
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, Andrew Langa, who is also the Member of Parliament for Insiza and officials from the Filabusi Rural District Council and GSU, among others accompanied Cde Ncube during the tour of the district on Friday. The delegation visited Epoch Mine, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot, Filabusi District Hospital and the yet-to be completed district registry offices complex.
"Infrastructure at Epoch Mine is nice and only needs to be spruced up so that the buildings there can be used as an administration block for Gwanda State University and hostels to accommodate the students. The resuscitation of the buildings there needs to be done as early as possible so that the university opens its doors come January next year," said Cde Ncube in an interview after the tour.
He said construction of GSU was one of many projects that Government hope would bring development in the province.
He said if funding is secured, the university would be relocated to the proposed site in Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South.
"We cannot wait for 20 years to build a university in Matabeleland South because of financial constraints and thus we have decided as Government that in the mean time we can use the infrastructure at Epoch Mine. When funding is secured the university will then be moved to the provincial capital, as is the case with other provinces in the country," he said. ends.
The university, which was launched in July failed to open for its first intake last month, after the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development condemned its Gwanda Show Grounds premises.
Matabeleland South Minister of State for provincial affairs, Cde Abedinico Ncube said infrastructure at Epoch Mine was suitable for the development of GSU satellite campus.
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, Andrew Langa, who is also the Member of Parliament for Insiza and officials from the Filabusi Rural District Council and GSU, among others accompanied Cde Ncube during the tour of the district on Friday. The delegation visited Epoch Mine, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot, Filabusi District Hospital and the yet-to be completed district registry offices complex.
He said construction of GSU was one of many projects that Government hope would bring development in the province.
He said if funding is secured, the university would be relocated to the proposed site in Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South.
"We cannot wait for 20 years to build a university in Matabeleland South because of financial constraints and thus we have decided as Government that in the mean time we can use the infrastructure at Epoch Mine. When funding is secured the university will then be moved to the provincial capital, as is the case with other provinces in the country," he said. ends.
Source - Byo24News