Zimche bemoans decline of education quality in Zim

THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) has expressed concern over the sharp decline in the quality of graduates churned out by local universities.

Speaking during a Higher and Tertiary Education (HTE) conference in Bulawayo yesterday, Zimche deputy chief executive officer Evelyn Garwe said captains of industry had raised alarm over the lack of skills exhibited by half-baked graduates produced at the country’s institutions of higher learning.

“Stakeholders have raised perceptions on higher education institutions with students arguing that lecturers teach irrelevant subjects that are divorced from what practically happens in the industry, they say they are mature and want full responsibility of the curriculum,” she said.

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