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Tertiary
education minister Professor Amon Murwira has expressed confidence in the new
education system for higher and tertiary institutions saying it will see a
generation of innovators being produced.
education minister Professor Amon Murwira has expressed confidence in the new
education system for higher and tertiary institutions saying it will see a
generation of innovators being produced.
Under
the new Education Design 5.0 system, institutions of higher learning will be
able to create graduates who will be able to proffer solutions to the economic
challenges being faced by the country.
the new Education Design 5.0 system, institutions of higher learning will be
able to create graduates who will be able to proffer solutions to the economic
challenges being faced by the country.
In
the previous education system, tertiary institutions have been accused of
churning out half-baked graduates who could not fit into the market.
the previous education system, tertiary institutions have been accused of
churning out half-baked graduates who could not fit into the market.
Speaking
at a public lecture organised by Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) recently,
Professor Murwira said the new system will create graduates who will be fully
equipped to move the country forward and revive the economy.
at a public lecture organised by Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) recently,
Professor Murwira said the new system will create graduates who will be fully
equipped to move the country forward and revive the economy.
“We
do not need to attend institutions of higher and tertiary education so as to
acquire certificates and get employed but we need to attend these institutions
so as to acquire skills and knowledge to produce goods, services and ideas.
do not need to attend institutions of higher and tertiary education so as to
acquire certificates and get employed but we need to attend these institutions
so as to acquire skills and knowledge to produce goods, services and ideas.
“We
need to create our own industries in this country, industries do not rain but
they are created. We do not need to continue resuscitating things but we need
to invent new things and this is only possible through the Education Design 5.0,”
said Murwira.
need to create our own industries in this country, industries do not rain but
they are created. We do not need to continue resuscitating things but we need
to invent new things and this is only possible through the Education Design 5.0,”
said Murwira.
Murwira
said the Education Design 5.0 is an upgrade from the colonial education system
3.0 which was designed to produce workers only.
said the Education Design 5.0 is an upgrade from the colonial education system
3.0 which was designed to produce workers only.
“The
Education Design 5.0 system is centred on five things which include teaching,
research, community service, innovations and industrialisation while as the 3.0
design was centred on three things which are teaching, research and community
service. The 5.0 education is aimed at producing entrepreneurs not workers,”
said Murwira.
Education Design 5.0 system is centred on five things which include teaching,
research, community service, innovations and industrialisation while as the 3.0
design was centred on three things which are teaching, research and community
service. The 5.0 education is aimed at producing entrepreneurs not workers,”
said Murwira.
