Zimbabwe: Teachers Colleges to Become Universities

Zimbabwe/26 de Septiembre de 2016/Allafrica

Resumen: «Las reformas en curso» bien pueden ser la señal el propósito permanente por de los dos ministerios de educación. Ambos parecen estar siempre en la solución de problemas de Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas (STEM) y la revisión curricular, por lo que están transformando respectivamente la educación superior y básica. Por consiguiente, el Ministerio de Educación Secundaria y Superior, Ciencia y Desarrollo de la tecnología ha ido en un engranaje con planes para convertir las escuelas normales y escuelas superiores en  universidades.

«Renovations in progress» may well be the sign to permanently wave above the two education ministries. Both always seem to be in troubleshooting mode.Initiatives of sweeping consequence, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and the curriculum review, are respectively transforming higher and basic education.And now, the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development has gone a gear up with plans to convert teachers colleges and polytechnics into universities.

On September 19, the ministry announced that two committees have been put in place to assess the feasibility of the proposal and report back before the end of November.

If the committees file their homework in favour of the transformation, the ministry will get down to the task with «single-minded determination».

It will be the end of an era for state-run colleges which have been in the game for close to a century.

Once started, the ministry will also urge churches to put their teacher training institutions under a similar overhaul.

«Two committees have been put in place to provide a comprehensive policy advisory and consultancy service to the ministry,» Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development permanent secretary Dr Machivenyika Mapuranga said on Monday.

«For teachers colleges, a foundation committee will look into the transformation of all teachers colleges into a university of education with Mkoba Teachers College as the main university campus with a special mandate on teacher education.

«For polytechnics, a steering committee will make recommendations into whether polytechnics can be turned into degree-awarding institutions or can be standalone or can be one institution with eight campuses and propose a process for the transformation,» revealed the permanent secretary.

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