Stop Prioritising Universities , Zimbabwe Needs Vocational Institutions to Develop

Zimbabwe is facing a looming crisis in the engineering sector, not because it lacks intelligent students or capable minds, but because of a mismatch in its education and skills training priorities. Wh...

Rhodesians invested in Rhodesia, Zimbabweans are investing Abroad

Zimbabweans/Rhodesians are debating across social media platforms, focusing on the contrasting legacies of the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean governments and how they have emerged as a focal point of discus...

Ministry advocates for skills audit, accreditation for Mbare Siyaso

The Ministry of Skills Audit and Development has expressed it's quest to audit, accredit and create a database for some unregistered skilled operators wit...

Be your own employers, graduates told

Graduates now have the opportunity to start new industries and companies through the Government's graduate employment creation and development programme and should shake off the attitude that they nee...

Imports substitution at Bulawayo Factory Shells

AS people building modern homes moved to aluminium window frames from steel ones, Mr Innocent Mlalazi of Bulawayo's Mahatshula suburb saw that as an entrepreneurial opportunity as the product was bein...

Zimbabwe has an artisan shortage, here is how to fix it

ACCORDING to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, has six universities, but only one polytechnic....

Polytechnics to offer degree programmes, says Jonathan Moyo

Some polytechnics are in the process of reviewing their mandate with a view to offering degree programmes, the Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology minister Professor Jonathan Moy...

Over 190 000 drop out of school yearly

- 10 to 15 percent children have never attended primary school - Only 47 percent of children proceed to secondary school - Rural pupils more likely to drop out of school - Econ...

Mugabe opens Research and Intellectual Expo

President Robert Mugabe, has challenged local and African tertiary institutions to broaden their curricula to meet key continental socio-economic and political demands.President Mugabe made t...

Fay Chung calls for free primary education

Former Education minister Fay Chung has urged government to implement free primary education because many pupils are dropping out of school after failing to pay tui...