Government has expressed concerns with the low number of school leavers finding places in tertiary institutions.
And Minister of Higher Education, Brian Mushimba says this is the reason the Ministry is working on modalities of increasing enrolment levels in universities and colleges which he said currently stands at only about twenty percent of School leavers.
Dr Mushimba pointed out that one way of increasing access to tertiary education is through the use of digital platform as it does not put demand on building physical structures.
Dr Mushimba who was speaking at the Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) 2020, media awards in Lusaka today, thanked the media for actively sharing stories on the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on education.
“The number of students in universities and colleges has remained low ,but increasing enrolment means constructing additional infrastructure which comes at a huge cost, ”Dr Mushimba.
The Minister however, says the COVID19 pandemic has given rise to virtual learning which can be further harnessed to increase the number of students in tertiary institutions.
He disclosed that the Ministry of Higher Education will explore ways of using digital platforms for learning as a way of increasing access to tertiary education.
He said resulting from the positive reports on the education sector, government was able to achieve the re-opening of schools amidst the pandemic due to the awareness the media created through its reports.
Meanwhile, Zambia is on the path of exploiting Nuclear Technology in different sectors, following the launch of the Nuclear Policy today.
Minister of Higher Education Brian Mushimba who officiated at the event says the launch of the policy signifies government’s commitment to identify opportunities that will facility utilisation of science and technology to improve the economic status of the country.
Dr Mushimba says the Nuclear Policy provides guidance on the management of Nuclear Technology in a manner that protects both human life and the environment.
He pointed out that there is evidence indicating that countries that have embraced Nuclear Science have witnessed technological advancements in various sectors.
The Minister says the uptake of nuclear technology in Zambia will immensely contribute to advancements in the Health, Agriculture, Mining and Energy sectors in the Zambia.
Dr Mushimba also disclosed that the launch of the National Nuclear Policy paves way for the inclusion of Nuclear Science in the eighth National Development Plan that government is currently developing.
Ba Mushimba your government has been concerned about that since 2011 but nothing has changed. We have just been seeing speeches being read without tangible actions to address the issues… Anyway since your government’s Performance Assessment review is due next year, Zambians will give their final assessment on 12th August 2021. So don’t worry about that.
Why didn’t you just stay in the US? Chilufya Tayali will bruise you
Useless chap.
Another one that has become very wealthy overnight.
Don’t worry, your assets will be seized, including your fake Dr. title.
This observation is like a last kick of a dying horse
You have been concerned since 2011 and still have not done anything about.
You want to consider increasing enrolment without adequate infrastructure shame
“The number of students in universities and colleges has remained low ,but increasing enrolment means constructing additional infrastructure which comes at a huge cost, ”Dr Mushimba.
BUT PYEFU CADRES ARE ALWAYS SINGING ABOUT “UNPRECEDENTED INFRANSTRACTURE DEVELOPMENT” SCHOOL LEAVERS GO AND GET YOUR VOTERS CARDS, YOU NOW KNOW WHY YOU ARE STILL AT HOME INSTEAD OF COLLEGE OR UNI.
This should no longer be your concern from August next year so you can go and rest ba minister.
Mwashibukeni mukwai!
Mwabuka buti?
Mwauka bwanji?
Mwazuwa?
Thank you for working up for supper.
Statements that comes when elections are near kwena….kuti wapapa sure!!!! Tulefilekafye filebomba mu auto pilot!!!!!
The other time CBU hoodwinked this minister that they had designed a proto type sprayer for Covid 19 and sanitizer and the minister travelled to commission these show offs, have you seen these commercialized on the market as projected, the answer is a big NO, just like with all things PF. Rhetoric and rhetoric, order of the day. very little action
Kwacha, Good Morning Zambia Mr Minister. Elected in 2011 and now we are in 2020, in case you are using the Hebrew calendar. Just to wake up and find that school leavers are not finding space in tertiary education
Imwe ama Politicians stop playing games.
This is a time bomb ticking because of your inertia year in year out without addressing this serious enrollment of youths in tertiary colleges and above all coupled by lack of creating employment for the same youths there after.
In the meantime, you are all preoccupied in creation of unnecessary bye elections whose funds to run the bye elections are always available.
This is your preoccupation.Please reflecf well otherwise mwekafye muleyowila fye.
What a lie! This government pretends to be concerned every year end when students are being poured into the streets then it forgets them for 12 months. Zambia currently has the second highest unemployment rate after Zimbabwe and these ministers keep issuing empty statements like this and their master thinks they are working
There should also be cost and entry qualifications to consider among the many impeding factors. Many rural school leavers dont even know how to find their ways to these institutions suffice to say still for many their portals are highly insufficient