Upenyu Chaota
The
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Amon Murwira has lampooned
the country’s higher education system which he claims is producing less of
thinkers and more of fools.
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Amon Murwira has lampooned
the country’s higher education system which he claims is producing less of
thinkers and more of fools.
Murwira
spoke at a recent Zanu PF Masvingo Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC)
meeting where he said the education system had over the years failed to produce
solution holders.
spoke at a recent Zanu PF Masvingo Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC)
meeting where he said the education system had over the years failed to produce
solution holders.
He
said at birth, people are ignorant and without knowledge of anything but are
made stupid and foolish with the type of education they receive.
said at birth, people are ignorant and without knowledge of anything but are
made stupid and foolish with the type of education they receive.
“We
should know that every person born of a woman is born ignorant but not foolish
or stupid. So where does stupidity and foolishness come from? Fools come from
the education system. The type of education that tells them that in order to do
engineering you have to study English first.
should know that every person born of a woman is born ignorant but not foolish
or stupid. So where does stupidity and foolishness come from? Fools come from
the education system. The type of education that tells them that in order to do
engineering you have to study English first.
“Our
ancestors never learned English but we have our Great Zimbabwe monuments. That
kind of engineering remains a marvel even to date. Our education system is teaching
people to read and write but is doing little to teach them to think.
ancestors never learned English but we have our Great Zimbabwe monuments. That
kind of engineering remains a marvel even to date. Our education system is teaching
people to read and write but is doing little to teach them to think.
“This
is why you see a lot of people fighting on WhatsApp because they mastered the
skill of writing and reading but not thinking,” said Murwira.
is why you see a lot of people fighting on WhatsApp because they mastered the
skill of writing and reading but not thinking,” said Murwira.
Murwira
said there is need for a complete paradigm shift in the country’s higher
education system as the education is contributing to uselessness with 98
percent of the people only good at reading and writing while 38 percent are
equipped with skills.
said there is need for a complete paradigm shift in the country’s higher
education system as the education is contributing to uselessness with 98
percent of the people only good at reading and writing while 38 percent are
equipped with skills.
“This country has been subjected to systematic
destruction of the confidence of its people. The issue now is how do we
construct and reconstruct the confidence of our people.
destruction of the confidence of its people. The issue now is how do we
construct and reconstruct the confidence of our people.
“We
need to move away from being beggars to producers. The aim of our education is
to modernize and industrialize this county. It is not to Westernise,
Easternise, Northernise or Southernise.
need to move away from being beggars to producers. The aim of our education is
to modernize and industrialize this county. It is not to Westernise,
Easternise, Northernise or Southernise.
“We
need to ask ourselves why our universities and colleges are detached from the
society they are intended to transform. We want to restore ourselves as a
people through relevant education,” said Murwira.
need to ask ourselves why our universities and colleges are detached from the
society they are intended to transform. We want to restore ourselves as a
people through relevant education,” said Murwira.
He
said a lot of graduates complain that there are no jobs yet the country is
facing a myriad of problems which requires people to put their brains and
skills to work and provide jobs for themselves in the process of solving the
crisis.
said a lot of graduates complain that there are no jobs yet the country is
facing a myriad of problems which requires people to put their brains and
skills to work and provide jobs for themselves in the process of solving the
crisis.
“Education
has to have a purpose and benefits. We don’t want people who go through higher
education and come back looking for jobs.
has to have a purpose and benefits. We don’t want people who go through higher
education and come back looking for jobs.
“What
have you been learning? How does education lead to uselessness? We have now
looked at this thing and said let us look at our tertiary institutions and see
why people are being taught to destroy rather than build.
have you been learning? How does education lead to uselessness? We have now
looked at this thing and said let us look at our tertiary institutions and see
why people are being taught to destroy rather than build.
“Education
should create solutions not add to the problem. We see graduates getting into
the streets demanding jobs yet we expect them to create jobs. We asked
ourselves why our education system is creating professors who are begging for
food. People say there are no jobs but the country has drought. There are no
drugs but people say there are no jobs. To address all these problems is a job
on its own.
should create solutions not add to the problem. We see graduates getting into
the streets demanding jobs yet we expect them to create jobs. We asked
ourselves why our education system is creating professors who are begging for
food. People say there are no jobs but the country has drought. There are no
drugs but people say there are no jobs. To address all these problems is a job
on its own.
“There
are plenty of jobs but there is no one doing it. We need to fix our education
system first. 98 percent of our people can read and write but only 38 percent
have skills,” said Murwira.
are plenty of jobs but there is no one doing it. We need to fix our education
system first. 98 percent of our people can read and write but only 38 percent
have skills,” said Murwira.
