GOVERNMENT has said schools must be places which teach people how to convert resources into wealth and those who have control of the syllabus control the future of the nation.
The remarks were made by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira during the Sanganai/Hlanganani scholastic Tourism Conference 2024 held at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair yesterday.
Murwira said they had partnered the Tourism ministry to promote rural tourism by building conference centres so that students can undergo practical lessons, indicating that the country’s capabilities were produced through a well-configured education system.
“The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education is there to service industries of all sectors. This country has a lot of work to be done. It cannot be said it’s jobless when we do not have enough cattle, etc. You cannot resuscitate industries that you did not start. We need to start them,” he said.
“If one is still getting things through some form of donation, it means that one is not yet in danger. When push comes to shove, you will know that we are alone like what we experienced during COVID-19.
“We ended up producing our own products. Education 5.0 is a liberation philosophy, it says to have national confidence, national sovereignty. There is no country that grows without the pyramid of the youth.”
Murwira disclosed that heritage means everything that is in this country, adding that Zimbabwe did not need education that did not cater for our resources.
He stated that in supporting rural tourism, government was building chalets in rural areas, the Bingwa Ecotourism Innovation and Industrial Park conference centre and that they are in the process of renovating St Patrick’s Hotel and a cricket stadium in Victoria Falls.
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Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Barbara Rwodzi said her ministry had broken down tourism centres into clusters, including medical and sports sectors.
“We are connecting rural tourism to the diaspora. Three-quarters of their relatives are in the rural areas. When they come back home, they spend little time in their homes,” she said.
She underscored the need to bring tourism facilities close to their home areas so that there will be no need to take their relatives to distant places like Victoria Falls in search of tourism facilities.
