Online Reporter
Diana Nherera
The Minister of State for Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs and Devolution Senator Charles Tawengwa, has handed over electronic tablets to junior parliamentarians, donated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to enhance digital learning, research, innovation and leadership among young people.
The handover, held today, is part of efforts to equip young leaders with digital tools that will enable them to participate effectively in the digital economy and contribute to national development.
The tablets are expected to strengthen the junior parliamentarians’ access to educational resources and research materials while enhancing their capacity to engage with contemporary issues affecting young people.
The initiative also supports the country’s development priorities under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and President Mnangagwa’s vision of attaining an empowered and prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Senator Tawengwa said the donation represented an important investment in young people and their future.
“Honorable Junior Parliamentarians, these tablets come with responsibility, use them to Research, learn, and understand national issues, communicate with those you represent strengthen your contributions to the Junior Parliament”
Minister Tawengwa thanked the President for investing in youth, describing the gesture as an initiative that complements the Zimbabwe Digital Skills Development Program and a practical implementation of the principle of leaving no one and no place behind.
He also challenged the junior legislators to be ambassadors against drug and substance abuse using their leadership positions and digital platforms to encourage positive choices among peers across the province.
“As leaders, we must firmly confront drug and substance abuse, which threatens the potential and future of our young people. Drugs destroy health, education, families, and dreams.”
Minister of youth empowerment, development and vocational training Mr Victor Mazvuma applauded the President’s generosity saying it demonstrates the ministry’s commitment to empower young leaders with tools they need to thrive in the digital world.
“These platforms provide young people with an opportunity to voice their ideas and influence national development.”
Today’s hand-over of tablets is a strategic step toward nurturing a generation that is digitally literate, socially conscious, and ready to lead.”
Junior Provincial Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Manoah Bradely S.R. said the distribution of tablets will help junior parliamentarians balance their legislative duties with educational advancement and support the rollout of the Education 5.0 curriculum.
“As junior parliamentarians, we are quite happy because this is going to help us ensure that, regardless of our duties and our work to better Zimbabwe for the future, we will also benefit educationally by using these tablets for digital enhancements, research, and by travelling hand in hand with the Education 5.0 curriculum we are currently instituting in Zimbabwe, ensuring we succeed not just in our academics but as a nation at large so we all have the proper Zimbabwe we want for the future,” he said.
