Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:05:15 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO UNIVERSITIES in Zambia that do not meet international status and standards risk being downgraded to mere colleges, Minister of Higher Education Nkandu Luo has warned. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the Zambia Institute of Banking and Financial Services (ZIBFS) in Lusaka, Prof. Luo said that all universities in Zambia needed to be of high and international standard. She said that universities needed to produce graduates that were able to contribute positively to the growth of the nation by being competitive. Prof. Luo said that her ministry was on a mission to transform the education sector in Zambia and ensure that artisan skills were revived. She wondered why skills such as bricklaying, carpentry and others had to be sourced from other countries when the country had the capacity to equip people with such skills. “All universities in Zambia should be of high standard and […]
Low standard universities to be downgraded to college status
