Former Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the
Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Christopher Mushohwe yesterday bade
farewell to 124 students going to study in Russia, China and India under the
Presidential and National Scholarships programme.
He met the students at a local hotel in Harare and relayed
a message from President Mnangagwa, encouraging them to go and acquire the much
needed knowledge and facilitate in economic development on their return. Dr Mushohwe said the students were drawn from across the
country.
“These students here and those we have sent in the past
come from every district of Zimbabwe,” he said.
“Every single district of Zimbabwe is represented by the
students who are here and that is how President Mnangagwa wants to spread the
opportunities to every district, every village if possible.”
In Russia, the students are going to undertake studies in
various fields, including Medical Care, Biotechnology, Applied Mathematics and
Computer Science, Applied Information Science; and some in the engineering
disciplines like Electronics and Nano Electronics, Aeronautical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering and Agriculture Engineering.
Those going to study in India will focus on programmes like
Fashion and Design, Business Administration, Accounting Science and Financial
Intelligence.
Students heading to China will study programmes like
Business Management, Environmental Management and Ecology.
Dr Mushohwe said the programmes were important to Zimbabwe.
“You can see that the areas we are assigning these students
to go and undertake are areas of greater need to Zimbabwe,” he said.
“The audit report that was produced by the Ministry of
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development on skills gap
analysis was quite revealing and these are the areas that we had got wide
yawning gaps and we want to fill those gaps.
Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Rungsung Masakui pledged
more support.
“Education I think is a passion of Zimbabweans,” he said.
“I always admire and appreciate the thirst and zeal to pursue knowledge.”
An official from the Chinese embassy Ms Guo Jing, who
represented the Chinese envoy to Zimbabwe Mr Huang Ping, also pledged more
support.
“Zimbabwe is at a dawn of a new chapter of its development,
which gives you great opportunity to tap your potential,” she said.
“The knowledge acquired in China will serve as guidance for
your work in Zimbabwe towards the target of making Zimbabwe a middle-income
country by 2030.
“I hope everyone can apply what you have learnt to practise
and devolve yourself in the course of development of Zimbabwe.”
An official from the Russian embassy Mr Dmitry Korepanov
congratulated the students and urged them to bring back to Zimbabwe the
knowledge gained from their study. Herald
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