Dr Desire Sibanda, the chairperson of the Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco) has issued a directive to polytechnics notifying them that Ordinary Level Mathematics will no longer be required for 30 courses. This follows Minister of Higher Education Amon Murwira’s decision to cancel Mathematics and English as prerequisites for students to enter tertiary education.
The 30 courses are as follows:
- Human Resources Management
- Marketing Management
- Secretarial Studies
- Health Information Science
- Library and Information Science
- Micro-Enterprise Management
- Theology and Pastoral Ministry
- Pension Management
- Payroll Management
- Purchasing and Supply Management
- Health Services Management
- Applied Art and Design
- Hairdressing
- Beauty Therapy
- Fashion Design
- Industrial Clothing
- Design and Construction
- Leather and Allied Manufacturing Technology
- Music
- Professional Cookery
- Food and Beverage Management
- Bakery Studies
- Tourism and Hospitality
- Fine Arts
- Design for Multi-Media
- Dance
- Office Management
- Photography
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