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515 students graduate at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic
A total of 515 students graduated yesterday from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, marking a significant milestone in the institution's efforts to contribute to Zimbabwe'...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:55hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe critical skills gap set for major boost
The science and technology skills gap in Zimbabwe is set to narrow as the government prioritizes scholarships offered by India and Mauritius. Following a skills audit conducted in 2018 to alig...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 07:57hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Hexco fails to pay examiners
Over 300 lecturers from polytechnics, vocational training colleges, and independent colleges affiliated with the Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco) are protesting over unpaid dues. These lec...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:39hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engineering students get China scholarships
Harare Polytechnic has signed a five-year agreement with China's Shanxi Engineering Vocational College (SEVC) and XinGanglian Group to offer scholarships to 60 Zimbabwean students in Metallurgy and Me...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zim schools, Polytechnics face imminent closure: Govt
Several schools, Vocational Training Centers (VTCs), Polytechnic colleges and some universities will forcibly shut down as a result of stunted skill devel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 23:23hrs | 135 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe National Youth Service back in April
THE National Youth Service (NYS), which seeks to provide a platform to groom youths to uphold Zimbabwean values and identity, is set to resume in April this year, a Cabinet minister has said.A...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
College lecturers flag govt over poor salaries
COLLEGE lecturers have warned the government of possible disruption of service delivery in tertiary educational institutions amid government's failure to pay decent salaries.According to Colle...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 mandatory languages for Zimbabwe teachers
The implementation of a language policy, aimed at addressing the language barrier in the primary and secondary education sector, is being considered. This policy would require teachers to have profici...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 20 000 teaching vacancies
The government has announced its intention to address the acute shortage of nearly 20,000 teachers through an extensive training program.Amon Murwira, the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Educa...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt tells Poly graduates to create jobs
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology minister, Amon MurwiraHigher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology minister, Amon Murwira has implored st...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities ranked among the best in sub-Saharan Africa
Three Zimbabwean universities have been ranked among the best universities in Africa from 88 universities in 20 countries by the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, demonstr...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Pilot project for technical high schools takes off
GOVERNMENT has introduced modern technical high schools as a pilot project that will result in pupils being professionally trade-tested before completing secondary education in line with international...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unemployment, education system not directly linked
IN the Wednesday edition of NewsDay we carried a story in which some of our college student leaders were frothing at the mouth over the failure by many of the students to get employment soon after gra...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Students blame Zimbabwe education system for joblessness
ZIMBABWE's tertiary students have blamed the country's education system for not preparing them for formal job after completing their studies, resulting in many turning to vending to make ends meet....Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to fund innovations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to fund citizens keen on coming up with new inventions and innovations following the launch of Zimbabwe's first satellite (ZimSat-1) from NASA's Wallops Flight...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is not so successful after 2001
Last Sunday I tried to answer the question, Why Was Zanu/Zanu PF so successful in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This week I concentrate on why is Zanu-PF not so successful after 2001...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:55hrs | | by Fay Chung
Why Zanu, Zanu-PF were successful in the 1970s, 80s and 90s
I was in a meeting recently when someone who is not a member of Zanu or Zanu-PF asked the question: Why was Zanu and Zanu-PF successful in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and not successful after 2001? ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | | by Fay Chung
Zimbabwe-Rwanda teachers deal salary package shrouded in secrecy
ZIMBABWE'S bid to export teachers to Rwanda is shrouded in mystery as there is no clear position on how much they will be paid in the East African country.A Rwandese delegation led by Permanen...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF goes hammer & tongs
Zanu-PF has reportedly roped in State security agents to recruit, train and conduct background checks on party members ahead of the 2023 general elections.This comes as the ruling party claime...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda to employ 500 Zimbabwean teachers by September
HARARE: Rwanda is set to receive close to 500 Zimbabwean teachers by September this year, according to the Rwanda Education Board (REB).REB Director General Nelson Mbarushimana announced the d...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Higher education to drive development agenda, says Mnangagwa
Bold programmes for building the economy towards achieving Vision 2030 have been initiated by the Government, with institutions of higher learning being seen as a key in pushing this national agenda t...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 01:17hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane varsity probed over sex scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has engaged the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry over allegations that female staffers at Lupane State University are being sexually harassed by some top exe...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Why elections matter in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we ach...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Fay Chung
Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education to roll out Edu 5.0 WiFi box
THE Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation and Science and Technology Development is the in the process of rolling out a new innovation, Edu 5.0 WiFi box, with a budget of US$50 000 req...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:07hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Abraham Lincoln and building national unity in Zimbabwe
There is a national consensus that the economic Structural Adjustment Programme (eSAP), imposed on Zimbabwe in 1991 by donors led by the IMF and the World Bank, has been one of the leading causes of t...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Fay Chung
Tribalism and politics in Zimbabwe
Tribalism regularly comes into play in Zimbabwe. sometimes it is in terms of political rivalry and competition. at other times it is based on a friendly joking relationship between different tribes....Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Fay Chung
Govt defends varsity fees hike
THE government has defended the increase in tuition fees by higher learning institutions despite disgruntlement by hard-pressed parents and guardians. This comes as the authorities granted pol...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government clears air on tertiary students
TERTIARY students, who were supposed to commence on the job education and training or teaching practice (TP) in January 2020, will now commence their attachments this month.There was confusio...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo closes all quarantine centres
BULAWAYO has closed all of its Covid-19 quarantine centres owing to shortage of public space to accommodate returnees.At the peak of the first wave of the deadly virus last year, the city had ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Decade of darkness in Gwanda suburb
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North suburb in Gwanda have no kind words for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), saying the entity has neglected them by not electrifying their homes for over 10 y...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Half-baked student teachers recalled
THE Higher and Tertiary Education ministry has recalled student teachers, who had already been deployed for teaching practice, to continue face-to-face tutorials at their respective campuses. ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colleges to open for face-to-face learning
POLYTECHNICS, teachers' colleges and industrial training colleges will reopen on October 5 for face to-face learning. Authorities will be required to strictly adhere to the health guidelines a...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'University loans not for all'
GOVERNMENT says student loans for higher learning institutions will only be accessed by deserving underprivileged learners.The loans are offered to students in State universities, teachers' co...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC secretary-general hopefuls speak out
The MDC today enters into a crucial week in which it holds its elective congress. Several positions are up for grabs and many officials are jostling - fair and foul - to fill them up. One of t...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teaching University or Research University: More than a case of to be or not to be
That our State Universities have modelled themselves mostly as teaching-focused universities where, the main activities are teaching and scholarship of learning and teaching, is a public secret. With ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1 | by Enock JONATHAN
Teaching University or Research University: More than a case of to be or not to be
That our State Universities have modeled themselves mostly as teaching-focused universities where, the main activities are teaching and scholarship of learning and teaching, is a public secret. With a...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:30hrs | | by Enock Jonathan
State-of-the-art facilities for universities
Zimbabwe has set an ambitious path to upgrade its higher learning institutions to world class facilities that are fully equipped with shopping malls, cafeterias, hotels and modern student quarters....Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of useless degrees and of abandoning national mandates
The recent Hardtalk by Professor Amon Murwira, Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development on "Zimbabwe to scrap useless degrees" makes for serious thinking.J...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10 | by Enock Jonathan
Zimbabwe to scrap useless degrees
Government is actively reviewing degrees offered by State universities with a view to standardising qualifications and abolish 'irrelevant' programmes that are ostensibly creating 'idle' graduates who...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
First private teachers' college opens doors
Zimbabwe is adopting a vibrant education system that imparts knowledge, which is suitable for the exploitation of locally available resources for its transformation towards industrialisation and moder...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe outlines university innovation hub strategy
THE Government has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars that will see the construction of innovation hubs in six universities as well as infrastructural overhaul in the higher and tertiary educat...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo clears air on ZIMDEF
Exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has come out in the open for the first time to clear air on the allegations that he stole $3 million from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimd...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'How Chiwenga, Mnagagwa wanted to kill me' Jonathan Moyo speaks
Exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has allehed thatn he is writing a tell all auto biography that will speak to issues relating to ZIMDEF and Gukurahundi. Responding to lawyer A...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo's ex-deputy flees over $400,000 scam
THE High Court yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing allegations of swindling the Zimbabwe Manpower Development F...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga is not dying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that he once considered throwing in the towel, but changed his mind after he was persuaded by his new boss.Last year Ch...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government guarantees industrial attachment
GOVERNMENT has developed systems to ensure that every student who is supposed to be on internship gets an industrial attachment place, a Cabinet Minister has said. Students are required to und...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase number of post O Level- A- Level students in Higher and Tertiary education
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technology Development Amon Murwira has said one of their key policies called inclusive education is to say there is no Zimbabwean brain...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt reconfigures higher learning curriculum
Government is reconfiguring the higher learning curriculum to standardise syllabi so that polytechnic students can pursue related degrees with greater ease.Addressing the 29th main graduation ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bridge literacy rate, skills gap, polytechnics urged
HIGHER and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development minister Amon Murwira last week said polytechnics have a huge role to play in producing technically-oriented personnel who will be ins...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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