TERTIARY students will from this semester access educational loans from leading financial institutions to pay tuition fees.
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Minister Professor Amon Murwira said the Government and CBZ and ZB banks, and Eduloan were finalising the modalities.
“We are rolling out the students loan scheme and the only sticking issue is to discuss terms that are favourable to our students because some of them may not be able to provide a guarantor and that’s what we are working on to make it easy for the learners,” he said.
“The scheme will start this February when tertiary colleges and universities start a new semester. The application forms are already at the tertiary learning institutions.
“ZB bank, CBZ, Eduloan recently made pledges when we met President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa. Other financial institutions are still to come on board.”
Prof Murwira said Government was keen on assisting students to pay tuition fees as universities depend on such funds.
He also said his ministry had already met various local and foreign investors who were offering to students’ accommodation on a build-operate-transfer model.
“The model is very attractive to investors because accommodation for students has a particular fees structure; so investors build a hostel and recover their money over a period of time,” he said.
“It’s an economic model that also boosts economic growth and encourages foreign direct investments. We are prioritising areas such as Marondera, Manicaland and Gwanda. The building programmes will be laid out in the (ministry’s) 100-day plan.” – state media
“It’s an economic model that also boosts economic growth and encourages foreign direct investments. We are prioritising areas such as Marondera, Manicaland and Gwanda” (Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic)
That said. We hope the Minister will also consider separating JMN Poly’s so-called faculties into two colleges as the marriage seem to be a fractured one with technical education lagging behind in infrastructure development at the Old Site where most of the technical students are learning.
Local political and civic leaders must advocate for a “divorce” and have technicians administering their own institution. The money spent on the green lawns seen at the New Site surely could have been spent on developing the technical site.
Let’s have two colleges in Gwanda. All technical education need is a Principal
Build and develop Old Site
Food for thought…
THIS WHAT THEY DO IN CIVILISED COUNTRIES! NOT STEAL PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUY HOUSES OVERSEAS ! OR SEND MONEY TO SWITZERLAND!