The European Union (EU) Head of Delegation, Gilles Hervio, has expressed happiness with the completion of the EU-funded Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) expansion project that gobbled a total of K56 billion.
Speaking after touring the project at ZCAS in Lusaka today, Ambassador Hervio said accountancy plays a pivotal role in the economic development of countries world over.
Ambassador Hervio said it was for this reason that his organisation was supporting many countries in building accountancy studies and capacity in order to produce good and competent accountancy professionals for both the public and private sectors.
He said the EU will maintain its support to learning institutions in the teaching of accountancy and to other institutions like parliament in an effort to enhance the understanding of finance.
Ambassador Hervio further thanked ZCAS management for using the funds provided by the EU for the expansion project prudently, saying the centre now has the capacity to expand further its infrastructure on its own.
Speaking earlier, ZCAS Executive Director Alvert Ng’andu stated that the expansion project has helped to increase the capacity of the institution by nearly 50 per cent.
Dr Ng’andu said this will enable many young people in the country to acquire internationally recognised qualifications at an affordable cost without having to travel to distant places.
He said the centre currently has about 3, 000 students every semester taking up various courses at the institution.
The expansion project, which was completed in December last year, saw the construction of learning facilities that include three hostel blocks and an administrative block that accommodates lecture halls and theatres, computer laboratories, an electronic resource centre and executive seminar halls.
ZANIS
now reduce the prices we all want to benefit from that money, through affordable but quality education. A CONCERNED CITIZEN!!
Dr.Ng’andu..all the best my man..you brought discipline to UNZA..those cashiers steal money too much..
But dont bring Iris back to continue her dirty business.Â
Keep the fees high to maintain the standards.
If fees are high, it won’t be about standards but about who can afford. There are those who are brilliant, but cannot afford exhorbitant fees who will not have access to education from zicas. No wonder sometimes, such places are full of ‘rich’ people only. Who may or may not be intelligent enough to be there in the first place
All tertiary education is expensive. UNZA and CBU standards are now very low because of the same so called poor people on bursary. First these two universsities dont receive enough funding and secondly these so called poor students are the first ones to riot and destroy university property when they are not paid their meal allowances further destroying the little infrastructure funded by taxpayers. From what we have experienced at UNZA, CBU and ZCAS, its clear the ZCAS model is the best. Keep the fees high and stay clear of govt funding.