Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation,
Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira has revealed they have removed
mathematics as an entry requirement.
This emerged during the presentation of oral evidence
before Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary education.
“We are saying there are mathematics requirements for
irrelevant courses, how can one ask for mathematics as a requirement for a
Drama course. “We have scrapped the requirement on over 30 courses.
“The Ministry has also increased access to higher education
by 10 percent through removing mathematics as an entry requirement where it was
internationally irrational to consider it as an entry requirement and was
therefore a barrier to accessing higher and tertiary education,” he explained.
Minister Murwira emphasized that Zimbabwe’s tuition and
ancillary fees are the lowest against other countries that offer competitive
quality education systems.
“Zimbabwe tuition fee is ZWL$6000 at an exchange rate of
0.07547 and converted to US$428 against South Africa’s R61.220 at an exchange
rate of 0.0064 at US$4.077.
“Zambia’s local currency tertiary fees are pegged at
K26.345 at an exchange rate of 0.065595 converted to US$1.728,” he said.
He added that the Ministry has also established the study
in Zimbabwe program that is aimed at attracting foreign students from
Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
“These students will pay fees in foreign currency and
assist in recovering the deficit left by the government support and students
fees.
“The Ministry has developed an internationalization of
Higher and Tertiary Education Institution Framework meant to drive the
programme.
“It is hoped that through this vehicle, institutions will
earn foreign currency which they can use to procure equipment and pay
international software and subscription licenses at cheaper rates,” explained
Prof Murwira.
It was further established that Midlands State University
Student Representative Council acting president, Leon Mutakura who gave oral
evidence on fees decrease before Parliament’s portfolio committee last week is
actually not a Student representative member at the institution.
“Some of the anecdotes are just anecdotes, Mutakura
misrepresented MSU.
“I was able to confirm that the student who said he is the
acting president of MSU to you here is not in the SRC.
“I don’t want to dwell on that matter and some of what
people say is not true.
“When people come to this august house, they should be able
to represent themselves truthfully,’ said Prof Murwira.
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation,
Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira revealed to H-Metro that the
Ministry has removed mathematics as an entry requirement for over 30 courses.
“We are saying there are mathematics requirements for
irrelevant courses, how can one ask for mathematics as a requirement for a Drama
course.
“We have scrapped the requirement on over 30 courses.
“The Ministry has also increased access to higher education
by 10 percent through removing mathematics as an entry requirement where it was
internationally irrational to consider it as an entry requirement and was
therefore a barrier to accessing higher and tertiary education,” he explained.
He additional revealed that Zimbabwe’s tuition and
ancillary fees are the lowest against other countries that offer competitive
quality education systems.
“Zimbabwe tuition fee is ZWL$6000 at an exchange rate of
0.07547 and converted to US$428 against South Africa’s R61.220 at an exchange
rate of 0.0064 at US$4.077.
“Zambia’s local currency tertiary fees are pegged at
K26.345 at an exchange rate of 0.065595 converted to US$1.728,” he said.
He added that the Ministry has also established the Study
in Zimbabwe program that is aimed at attracting foreign students from
Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
“These students will pay fees in foreign currency and
assist in recovering the deficit left by the government support and students
fees.
“The Ministry has developed an internationalization of
Higher and Tertiary Education Institution Framework meant to drive the
programme.
“It is hoped that through this vehicle, institutions will
earn foreign currency which they can use to procure equipment and pay
international software and subscription licenses at cheaper rates,” explained
Prof Murwira.
It was further established that Midlands State University
Student Representative Council acting president, Leon Mutakura who gave oral
evidence on fees decrease before Parliament’s portfolio committee last week is
actually not a Student representative member at the institution.
“Some of the anecdotes are just anecdotes, Mutakura
misrepresented MSU.
“I was able to confirm that the student who said he is the
acting president of MSU to you here is not in the SRC.
“I don’t want to dwell on that matter and some of what
people say is not true.
“When people come to this august house, they should be able
to represent themselves truthfully,’ said Prof Murwira. H Metro
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