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President calls on tertiary institutions to redirect focus

Harare Bureau

President Mugabe yesterday called on local universities and other tertiary institutions to redirect their focus to producing graduates equipped with entrepreneurial skills and capable of engaging in research that develops local communities.

President Mugabe, who is the Chancellor of all State Universities, said this while delivering a lecture at the opening of the Research and Intellectual Exposition at the Harare International Conference Centre.

“The challenge to institutions of higher learning is to engage in research aimed at boosting production in all sectors,” he said.

“But they cannot lead us into realising this noble cause of our economic reconstruction if they are in their current forms, which reflect by and large colonial structures and purposes.

“Our considered opinion is that the task of colleges, polytechnics and universities is not so much to produce certificates, diplomas and degrees for the shelf, but also to promote impact-oriented research and knowledge which is promotive of our various underdeveloped communities.”

The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces challenged the tertiary institutions to include the indigenisation programme in their curricula as part of efforts to change the mindset of students.

“It is sad to note that our graduates keep flocking to work in Western countries and NGOs, this shows the lack of baptism in national consciousness,” he said.

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Census enumerators throng centres

Chronicle Reporters

HUNDREDS of enumerators yesterday thronged different Government offices to receive their allowances

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Confusion reigns over maternity fees

Chronicle Reporters

THE scrapping of maternity fees at Government hospitals and council clinics continues to be shrouded in confusion