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10 000 Zimbabwean Students Migrate To Zambia

1 year agoSat, 16 Sep 2023 07:26:03 GMT
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10 000 Zimbabwean Students Migrate To Zambia

An estimated 10 000 young Zimbabweans are reportedly enrolled at Zambian colleges and universities.

Parents and students who spoke to The Mirror claimed that Zambian universities are generally cheaper and fees are paid in the local currency which is stable, unlike the Zimbabwe dollar.

In Zambia, fees start from as little as $300 per semester and the quality of education on offer is reported to be higher than what is offered in Zimbabwe.

Moreover, some students said Zimbabwean universities’s primary focus is no longer on providing quality education but on making money.

An engineering student left a local State university in the second year and went to Zambia saying one can finish a degree programme in Zimbabwe without ever setting foot in a workshop.

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The Mirror established that Lusaka Health Institute alone has an estimated 123 first, second and third-year nursing students.

Joseph Mukina, an agent who processes applications for Zimbabwean students, said that there are at least 200 Zimbabwean students in each of the 58 institutes of higher learning that he deals with.

This brings the total number of Zimbabwean students in the country to over 11 000.

The Mirror also reported a source at Chirundu Border Post as saying “the flood” of Zimbabwean students crossing into Zambia at the start of new semesters cannot be ignored anymore.

However, the Minister of Higher Education, Amon Murwira said he saw nothing wrong with Zimbabweans going to Zambia to further their education. Said Murwira:

People would want to twist the story to suit their narrative, but the truth is that everyone has his own choice.

We have a lot of Zimbabweans studying in China and other countries and we also have a lot of Zambians in our institutions of higher learning.

Meanwhile, Mukina said some of the popular institutions are Africa University, Cavendish University (Lusaka), Central African Baptist University, Chreso University, Copperstone University, Eden University, Gideon Robert University, Information and Communications University (ICU), Lusaka Apex Medical University, Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) (Lusaka), Rusangu University, South Valley University, St. Bonaventure University, Texila American University Zambia, UNICAF University, University of Lusaka, Victoria Falls University of Technology (VFU), Zambia Catholic University and Zambian Open University

He also claimed he processes hundreds of applications every month from Zimbabweans seeking enrolment at Zambian colleges.

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59 Comments

Gilbert · 1 year ago
Nothing wrong we should we should not over react
Anonymous · 1 year ago
The slant was to try and make it look like Zambianuniversities are better than Zimbabwean ones and that stdents are running away from Zimbabeean universities-how very foolish of the writer! The article is really pathetic in that it does not delve into reasons as to why students are going to university in Zambia, and whether they got places at universities in Zim, but decided against those offers. As has already been mentioned by others in earlier comments, we doubt very much that these students opting for study in Zambia are straight A students, most likely, these are people who have failed to make it at Zimbabwean universities, including the lowest rated. The other key thing is about costs-Zim universities are generally more expensive and in a situation where everyone wants to have degree, students have no option but to look outside. If the writer was smart enough, s(he) would have also looked at the picture as regards people going to university in other countries such as South Africa, Botswana, UK, etc. I want to bet my bottom dollar that there are more Zim ztudents in SA and also the UK than in Zambia! There is no big deal here- people go to university in a variety of countries for a variety of reasons.
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Is Zambia not Africa?come on guys we should be proud to say we are keeping our students in Africa
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
zim has been isolated due to imperialists sanctions.zim people are not only in Zambia studying but doing all sorts of jobs including prostituting in blothels. it's a lesson to learn, it can happen to any county as long you are not in good books with those bloody imperialists.
Francis · 1 year ago
I actually love Zimbabwean brothers and sisters. We are basically one family. I see no reason why they cannot to Zambia for studies. It is you the media that wants to paint one nation to be bad and the other good. Sometimes circumstances can compel institutions to act in a certain way like the sanctions that were imposed on Zimbabwe and you expect learning institutions to sustain themselves. Brothers and sisters from Zimbabwe - feel free to study in Zambia. We love you. You are welcome to your second home Zambia
cid · 1 year ago
@kuda bonde fifi and big dhara,,,was busy could not reply in time problem yenyu Yu politisiase everything.Makawana basa pa Pindula how can u say kuti Great Zimbabwe University haisi University mu Zimba .Think kumba kwenyu rudzi rwese ndiwe wakato dzidza ukabuda ne 2 O'level passes BK ne Shona that's why uri bitter 😂
🧐 🤔 🤨 🙄 🤪 · 1 year ago
Ma degrees arikunyanya ku offewa ne Zambia nde ayaa ma zhinji ayitwa on line Anga ari very open Universities but since Africa has become so poor and is lagging to develop networking, data costs are magnanimous they have vowed to throw massive open Universities in poor countries with minimal charges to adsorb those no adequately funded I hear they even **** especially those studying Medicine So at some point, it is a go for, yes the rise of the phoenix, but that influx majority especially law programmes its a shear waste of resources coz we are having Artificial intelligence in our midst and CAREFULLY those other degrees offered would become redundant sooner or later
Trance · 1 year ago
Yes I'm on of the students based in zambia. I had 18 points A level but because of corruption pa Uz I didn't get the program yandaida pa Uz because someone definitely paid to get it. A corrupt country in every sector. We can't live for that. The fact is we only live once and that once chance I have can't be wasted in a country I know kuti after graduation handiwane basa, tf?. Been in SA for years and now in zambia and I won't settle for ****ed up standard of living in a country isina network. I love Zimbabwe asi... a lot had to be fixed and until then, people will continue migrating
MANFORD MHLAULI · 1 year ago
@FADZAYI you have redirected every replying individual to become thinkers before acting, No more careless replying after you
Bvu Bvu Bvumbururu yeNdege · 1 year ago
✈✈🍌🍌 Wandifadza @Fadzayi thank you for sharing, this is enlightening and powerful. I hope every Pindula member will read this. #RESPECT!!!
Fadzayi Mahere · 1 year ago
A MUST READ - BY SUSAN M DAVIS What would you do? Kicked out of the university lecture Subject: Legal studies. First lecture. The professor enters the lecture hall.He looks around. "You there in the 8th row. Can you tell me your name?" he asks a student. "My name is Sandra" says a voice. The professor asks her, "Please leave my lecture hall. I don't want to see you in my lecture." Everyone is quiet. The student is irritated, slowly packs her things and stands up. "Faster please" she is asked. She doesn't dare to say anything and leaves the lecture hall. The professor keeps looking around. The participants are scared. "Why are there laws?" he asks the group. All quiet. Everyone looks at the others. "What are laws for?" he asks again. "Social order" is heard from a row A student says "To protect a person's personal rights." Another says "So that you can rely on the state." The professor is not satisfied. "Justice" calls out a student. The professor smiling. She has his attention. "Thank you very much. Did I behave unfairly towards your classmate earlier?" Everyone nods. "Indeed I did. Why didn't anyone protest? Why didn't any of you try to stop me? Why didn't you want to prevent this injustice?" he asks. Nobody answers. "What you just learned you wouldn't have understood in 1,000 hours of lectures if you hadn't lived it. You didn't say anything just because you weren't affected yourself. This attitude speaks against you and against life. You think as long as it doesn't concern you, it's none of your business. I'm telling you, if you don't say anything today and don't bring about justice, then one day you too will experience injustice and no one will stand before you. Justice lives through us all. We have to fight for it." “In life and at work, we often live next to each other instead of with each other. We console ourselves that the problems of others are none of our business. We go home and are glad that we were spared. But it's also about standing up for others. Every day an injustice happens in business, in sports or on the tram. Relying on someone to sort it out is not enough. It is our duty to be there for others. Speaking for others when they cannot
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.... · 1 year ago
The truth
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Enlightening
dirky boy blade · 1 year ago
A very imortant lesson delivered in an exceptionally simple way to comprehend. Was Sandra a planted teaching aid. Sadly interfering in an injustice these days, especially on mud island, can land you in Intensive & Critical Care or on ice in a mortuary. Young boys feel like steelmen when carrying a machete!
Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba · 1 year ago
SMILE.... Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you.
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no name · 1 year ago
@ Doug wanyatso explainer zvokuti kana pane do.fo pano papindula tese tanzwisisa.Chivetti kaichi
Kuda Bonde · 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣please guys zamayi kupa vanhu vakaita sana chibaby chezanu, cid boss wiwi and Fugu pfee na fake zuze priority vari mentally challenged kkkkk vatori nama rights avo pane aka donate masmartphone kwavari so varikungobaya nezvavasinga zive
Big · 1 year ago
Chaora chizimbabwe
Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 1 year ago
Ma degree acho hatimade muno,local is Lekker
Yoyoyo · 1 year ago
😁😁 Saka uri kuti tese muno tiyite ma farmers. Saka vanoda kuita study medicine, engineering, food science and architecture zvinozofamba sei nhai @Putin. Weren't all interested in farming, everyone has their own passion shaaz dhooodhii
🧐 🤔 🤨 🙄 🤪 · 1 year ago
Ma degrees arikunyanya ku offewa ne Zambia nde ayaa ma zhinji ayitwa on line Anga ari very open Universities but since Africa has become so poor and is lagging to develop networking, data costs are magnanimous they have vowed to throw massive open Universities in poor countries with minimal charges to adsorb those no adequately funded I hear they even **** especially those studying Medicine
doug · 1 year ago
We may be having students in other countries like China etc, who are on scholarships or children and relatives of top government staff, but what the article here is saying is that education locally has become too expensive for the ordinary parent and the quality of local education has deteriorated with students not having access to critical equipment and infrastructure for the courses.
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Very true comrade
Cid · 1 year ago
munhu anopenga pawakadzidza nawo zvaiwe zvokudhara usapenge, Great Zimbabwe unototi iuniversty here inodzidziswa nemtr
Boss Boss · 1 year ago
🐃 @bvu bvu zveshuwa boys remuZim riri kuendera séx nema degree hapana nyaya. Vasikana vari kuenda kuti vazoroorwa nema Zambian plus kuitawo degree
cid · 1 year ago
Even muno mu Zimbabwe nearly every university ine ma foreign students back at Great Zimbabwe I used to learn with students from Nigeria and Kenya . Otherwise 10 000 is just a drop in the ocean
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Kuda Bonde · 1 year ago
kkkk dziri shungu hr boss wiwi ko isu takadzidza Kentucky State university tozotiii
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Dirk Blade · 1 year ago
Obviously, because it is the spiritual home of US fast food legend Colonel Sanders. Aside from vegans tell me one person who fails to salivate to the scent of the secret ingredient of Kentuck Fried Chicken. Have ya heard the word? Kentucky Fried Chicken Everybody's favourite bird. HUJA!
Aj · 1 year ago
🤣🤣 @Kuda Bonde wandipedza wena kkkkkkkkk ayas😢😢🤣🤣 Ndaseka haha
Simba · 1 year ago
Lol hanzi boss wiwi @cid unozozvinyanya iwe
Anonymous · 1 year ago
You must use your brain if you have one at all @cid The point here is people never used to go to Zambia to further their education This is a trend which has emerged due to the collapse of our systems here It is as simple as that
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
You're so shamefully. Our education has not collapsed my guy. We have so many schools in Zim such that our Universities cannot absorb all of them. Zambia lowered their entry requirements to lure students from other countries. Some be so daft my guy. Zim has students from SA, Zambia, Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Nigeria, Comoros etc. Stop lying you twit
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Big Dhara Munhu Mukuru · 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣@Cid zveshuwa u are boss wiwi. Have u forgotten that UZ gave Grace Mugabe a PhD haha. UZ is corrupt u can pay for degree or masters and get it. Chiwanga even bought an honorary PhD from one of our local Unis lol. Chiyangwa anotoda zvekutonzi Honourable Dr Phillip Chiyangwa. Zvakaoma Zim used to do so well that's why kwaMutare kune Africa University
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Kuda Bonde · 1 year ago
chimusiyayi guys @ cid boss wiwi avo mabiyenyi paye mungoziva kuti akamborwara ne pfungwa ipapa anga achitoti anyorawo zvine musoro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fifi · 1 year ago
@Kuda Bonde kkkkkk 🤣🤣🤣. @Cid u deserve kutukwa coz pane pasingadi kurotomoka nonsense yako iyoyo Baba ve wiwi
Anonymous · 1 year ago
but i would not allow my kids to get Zimbabwe education esp at Tertiary level .. NO
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Ok
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Surely speaking Zimbabwe education is declining especially at O Level and A Level where exams papers are leaking every year Offender are given 2 wks community services or fine because of corruption Education is now cantrolled by individuals through their colleges where you find a college with one block and claim to have ECD to form 6 within that 1 block In Zambia gvt is in control of education and they are exam leakages L guest in 10 years to come Zimbabwe education would be the worst in the world bcz of corruption and nepotism
Dirk Blade · 1 year ago
Absolutely. Many people fail to understand just how diverse are 21st century varsities have become. Here in Bulgaria we have maninge medical universities. There are thousands of BRITASIAN students. In Turkey I came across many students from Mongolia, Kazakstan, Japan and various African states. Universities really are a multi-cultural melting pot though in my opinion far too liberal and lecturers striving to brainwash yound minds to embrace crazy ideals such as WOKE & Political Correctness. It is also valid to state that the attendance of foreign students for 4 to 5 years, longer in some fields such as Veterinary Science, generates the establishment a helluva chunk of revenue!
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Anonymous · 1 year ago
Very true. Only university staff knows this the rest are blank that's why they make comments out of ignorance. Internationalisation is in high demand at all Universities. Fees deter most students especially in SA where fees are beyond reach of a Zimbabwean employee.
Chamunorwa Kangara · 1 year ago
Zambia will be soon home of Africa
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