It might be a cliche but very true, "when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers".
This is the situation in most universities in Zimbabwe as there is an ongoing strike over unpaid bonuses. This leaves a lot of students unhappy as they were forced to pay fees before attending lectures. Lectures that never got to be. The same time last year there was a similar strike but the target was parallel students.
The question then is why is the government allowing such things to happen, why not secure a brighter future for the leaders of tomorrow now. One also asks; "where are the fees going?" Why are lecturers not paid?
This is the situation in most universities in Zimbabwe as there is an ongoing strike over unpaid bonuses. This leaves a lot of students unhappy as they were forced to pay fees before attending lectures. Lectures that never got to be. The same time last year there was a similar strike but the target was parallel students.
The question then is why is the government allowing such things to happen, why not secure a brighter future for the leaders of tomorrow now. One also asks; "where are the fees going?" Why are lecturers not paid?
The Government's failure to pay civil servants is now a well known to all Zimbabweans, but then the fact that university students are forced to pay all fees before lessons commence leads one to question the management of funds.
Other problems faced by universities particularly NUST include failure to finish constructing buildings on campus.
Most NUST students are heard murmuring questions about the unfinished buildings and have never been answered as to what or who their fees is financing given the fact that there are unfinished buildings on campus whilst other universities are seen to be flourishing with state of the art infrastructure.
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This is one of the buildings at
Midlands state university in Gweru.Unlike NUST it does not have any
unfinished buildings which some students claim that the politics of
marginalisation are at play.(picture from Bulawayo24)
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Given the fact that midlands has two intakes and the government makes a
lot of money there than at NUST.
Some students argue that that is the reason why they get more favors from the government than NUST which only has one intake a year.
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| Lupane state university situated in the rural Lupane area exhibits the best designs in terms of infrastructure.( picture from Bulawayo24) |
The picture shows it all, it is a new school and normally it is ideal to finish building an old school than to start a new one. People argue that NUST has strong ties with the opposition party that is why the government is now sidelining all its operations.
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| NUST unfinished buildings (picture by Michelle Mulingo) |
The development of NUST seems to have become a project that the government does not intend to complete.What is influencing this read more of these issues in my next post
Nyc article! there shld be questions asked surrounding the unfinished buildings but i disagree with the fact that 'NUST has strong ties with the opposition party', hw would u explain that, becoz in my own findings most of the management is somehw linked with the ruling party as some holds public posts wch shows they a highly pro Zanu.....I'll go with the 'marginalization theory'
ReplyDeletewe cannot rule out the assumption that NUST has strong ties with the MDC party given the fact that there is a marjority of Zanu PF activists running the University yet their party is doing nothing to get a good image by turning NUST into a success story rather than a demented tale of lost hope and unrealised promises.
ReplyDeleteVery nice article indeed, I would also want to hear some more on the issue of nust and MDC.
ReplyDeleteMore to come join me today when we discuss about the political parties on Campus ZICOSU and ZINASO
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