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Govt inciting social upheaval, Prof Moyo
13 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | Views
Higher and Tertiary, Science and Technology minister Jonathan Moyo has predicted social upheaval incited by Government failure to fund of the education sector.
He said Government is sitting on a social time-bomb
Moyo, who is Higher and Tertiary, Science and Technology minister, told the Zanu PF annual conference in Victoria Falls yesterday that "as part of the Stem [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] revolution" tertiary education institutions would be forced to stop enrolling students without Maths and Science passes at O' Level.
In his presentation to the conference, Moyo reiterated his call that polytechnic lecturers should have master's degrees while universities would only accept lecturers with doctorate degrees or the equivalent.
"There is no funding of PSIP [Public Sector Investment Programme] projects and no funding of operational budgets to cover critical areas such as research. This situation is dangerous not least because it has far-reaching implications on national security," Moyo warned.
Moyo told delegates that underfunding of the education sector had stalled progress towards empowerment, adding that even in areas government had availed funds, the situation was dire.
"Lack of government funding of higher and tertiary education science and technology development has become an untold threat to the consolidation of the people's power through ZimAsset," he said.
He said Government is sitting on a social time-bomb
Moyo, who is Higher and Tertiary, Science and Technology minister, told the Zanu PF annual conference in Victoria Falls yesterday that "as part of the Stem [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] revolution" tertiary education institutions would be forced to stop enrolling students without Maths and Science passes at O' Level.
In his presentation to the conference, Moyo reiterated his call that polytechnic lecturers should have master's degrees while universities would only accept lecturers with doctorate degrees or the equivalent.
"There is no funding of PSIP [Public Sector Investment Programme] projects and no funding of operational budgets to cover critical areas such as research. This situation is dangerous not least because it has far-reaching implications on national security," Moyo warned.
Moyo told delegates that underfunding of the education sector had stalled progress towards empowerment, adding that even in areas government had availed funds, the situation was dire.
"Lack of government funding of higher and tertiary education science and technology development has become an untold threat to the consolidation of the people's power through ZimAsset," he said.
Source - The Standard
