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Funds for unemployed graduates unveiled
09 Feb 2015 at 08:20hrs | Views
Government has set aside $670 000 from Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) to fund projects for unemployed graduates, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Speaking in Harare last Thursday at an event organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union, (ZICOSU), Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Minister Oppah Muchinguri said through a programme called Graduate Entrepreneurship and Employment Promotion Programme (GEEPP), the money would be used to fund projects for the unemployed graduates, teaching them to be self-reliant and innovative.
Muchinguri said the programme will cascade to all provinces, and in order to mobilise additional resources, she will create linkages with external partners by exploiting bilateral and multilateral agreements already in place.
Meanwhile, more than $2 million meant for education assistance under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) was left unused owing to bungling by some school authorities, prejudicing thousands of poor pupils while several undeserving pupils, including children of rich people, benefited ahead of vulnerable and orphaned children.
This is contained in a 2014 audit report compiled by Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri, on management of education assistance of Beam.
Chiri noted that the then Minister of Labour and Social Services (Paurina Mupariwa MDC-T), during the inclusive Government, failed to properly supervise the donor funds resulting in the abuse and failure to fully use the fund.
She noted that from 2009 to 2012, of the $45 million funds made available, $43 million was utilised leaving $2 million dormant, a situation which saw donors retaining their money.
Speaking in Harare last Thursday at an event organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union, (ZICOSU), Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Minister Oppah Muchinguri said through a programme called Graduate Entrepreneurship and Employment Promotion Programme (GEEPP), the money would be used to fund projects for the unemployed graduates, teaching them to be self-reliant and innovative.
Muchinguri said the programme will cascade to all provinces, and in order to mobilise additional resources, she will create linkages with external partners by exploiting bilateral and multilateral agreements already in place.
This is contained in a 2014 audit report compiled by Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri, on management of education assistance of Beam.
Chiri noted that the then Minister of Labour and Social Services (Paurina Mupariwa MDC-T), during the inclusive Government, failed to properly supervise the donor funds resulting in the abuse and failure to fully use the fund.
She noted that from 2009 to 2012, of the $45 million funds made available, $43 million was utilised leaving $2 million dormant, a situation which saw donors retaining their money.
Source - The Herald
