Government has implored tertiary education institutions to find land and expand their respective institutions so that they can absorb the large number of pupils from basic and secondary schools.
Science, Technology and Vocational Training Minister Brain Chituwo noted that it is important that the expansion of classroom space and both basic and secondary school is in tandem with that of tertiary institutions of learning.
Dr. Chituwo says it is imperative that colleges in the country strive to expand so that they absorb the large number of pupils into the mainstream tertiary education.
The Minister said this in Lusaka yesterday when he toured Lusaka Business and Technical College (LBTC).
Dr. Chituwo noted that there are so many basic and high schools under construction in the country but regretted that very little is happening at tertiary level.
Dr. Chituwo said his ministry will ensure that that money is made available for the expansion of such institutions.
He said government is pleased by the large number of graduates being offloaded into to the entrepreneurship sector to avert unemployment levels in the country.
Dr. Chituwo was accompanied to LBTC by his Deputy Chrispin Musosha and LBTC management Board Chairman George Silutongwe.
And Lusaka Business and Technical College Director Lawrence Zulu commended government for the support his institution is receiving.
Mr. Zulu disclosed then LBTC Management Board is pondering to transform the College into a Modern University College so that it can offer degree programmes to favorably compete in the Southern Region.
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isnt he not supposed to be telling that to his boss RB. Bring the schools to the people and not suggestive talk please[-(
chituwo even now i have friends who have zambian and foreign degrees and they have no jobs ..why do we keep on repeating same things..creat employmen ninshi kanshi ba GRZ
You are very right Dr Chituwo and this ministry suits you more than agriculture. Keep on with the good work. Some of us know that you are a very hard working person. Infrastructure development in tertiary education is key.
The minister isn’t there to govern, he is there to spout neoliberal aphorisms at ‘the market’. What is the government doing to help schools expand – nothing. That would be ‘government interference in the market’.
It is very clear – the government is hiding the bribes they took from the mines not to tax them or make demands on them, by hiding about ‘free market’ ideology.
That is why they make no sense, and why they don’t do anything useful.
We need to return to common sense. We need to tax the mines for over a billion dollars per year, and directly fund basic services, infrastructure and economic growth in agriculture and manufacturing.
Shangombo also needs a University. A kind of super academy where students will not be distracted by the bright lights of the city.
At least you can find something useful that the present government has done. KK did somethig useful, FTJ the same and I think RB has also contributed positively. Whoever will be our next president will also contribute his or her part. Sometimes we should give credit. Yes, we need to continue identifying any gaps in the running of the country. If MMD haven’t done nothing at all then they will lose the election by an enormous margin. Good luck to all political parties.