The Herald (Zimbabwe)

776 teachers graduate at Seke Teacher’s College

- Rejoice Makoni Herald Correspond­ent

A TOTAL of 776 teachers graduated yesterday with Diplomas in Education at Seke Teacher’s College with calls to embrace the heritage based Education 5.0 model in order to ensure students are capable of resolving local challenges.

Among the 776 graduates, 723 were female while 53 were male.

The theme for this year’s graduation was, “Ideation, Innovation and Industrial­isation in Teacher Education.”

In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation Science and Technology Professor Norman Rudhumbu, the Minister, Professor Amon Murwira, said developing Zimbabwe was the business of every citizen.

“Zimbabwe is our heritage hence we have the heritage based education 5.0 model. Developmen­t our country is our sole responsibi­lity as citizens,” he said.

“We are industrial­ising and mordenisin­g our country through education 5.0. The onus is upon us as Zimbabwean­s to transform our country. Through heritage based education we are equipping our students with skills and knowledge that will make them self-reliant, a departure from the previous education 3.0 model which we inherited from our colonisers. Our education is for empowermen­t. Education 5.0 produces graduates who innovate and industrial­ise using natural resources.’’

Student Representa­tive Council president Admire Tsangadzau­me said this year’s theme resonates with the Heritage-based Education 5.0 thrust. “Institutio­ns of higher learning are supposed to be innovative and come up with new ideas that will provide solutions to the community and steer the nation forward to attain an upper middle income economy by 2023,” he said.

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 ?? — Picture: Joseph Manditswar­a. ?? Teachers celebrate after graduating with Diplomas in Education at SekeTeache­rs College in Chitungwiz­a yesterday.
— Picture: Joseph Manditswar­a. Teachers celebrate after graduating with Diplomas in Education at SekeTeache­rs College in Chitungwiz­a yesterday.

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