CSEC STATEMENT ON UNIMA COUNCIL POSITION ON DELINKING

[Limbani Nsapato]

Colleagues,
Please find attached CSEC statement. As a bonus i have attached
Delinking Report and UNIMA Reform Study report by MIM, as well as a
footnote from Prof Dzimbiri in form of the email below.
Regards,
Limbani

On 9/30/20, Prof Lewis Dzimbiri <proflewi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This debate is interesting. Some of us who have worked with UNIMA for 27
> years have a lot of information for the justification of delinking, which
> of course is not for today.
>
> That justification convinced the then Reform Commission to give support
> to the then UNIMA Council, University and College Management to facilitate
> the process of delinking to this day. It will be retrogressive to begin
> asking questions which were adequately addressed in those days, today
> because Government is delaying in pronouncing the commencement date.
> Rather than speculating on why there is a delay, it would be logical to
> inquire into the correct reasons from the Ministry of Education.
>
> For purposes of widening access which is one of the benefits of the
> delinking an example can be illustrative.is the way. When Bunda was being
> delinked from UNIMA in 2011, it had less than 2000 students and a few
> programmes. 8 years later the number of students grew to 13,500 and the
> number and level programmes has expanded tremendously.
>
> Of course there both merits and demerits in borth federal arrangement and
> the delinking. These were adequately discussed and had convinced officials
> at various levels of Government machinery. That is why each new university
> has by May 3rd 2019, an Act ready to function as a legal framework for
> the universities.
>
> I fully support Dr Nsapato school of thought and I thought that is the
> proper reading of the stakeholders in the delinked and newly created
> universities, who are waiting a Commencement date.
>
>
> Lewis Dzimbiri
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> On Fri, 25 Sep 2020, 21:30 Limbani Nsapato, <lnsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> This is a clarion call for government to complete the delinking of Unima
>> and create Mubas, Kuhes, and New Unima at Chanco. Creativity and
>> innovation
>> will happen upon commencement of these new universities . Parliament
>> already approved the delinking bill in 2019; colleges have worked
>> tirelessly to prepare for the delinking. The ministry of finance has
>> rewarded the efforts so far by providing separate votes for the new
>> universities in the 2020/20 budget. So why not appoint Councils of these
>> universities and let higher education flow? Ministry of Education, please
>> gazette the commencement date now.
>>
>> The newly appointed council of Unima will be operating in uncertainty on
>> how to manage a Unima in transition!!
>>
>> Please!
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>> Limbani Nsapato
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[Fabiano Nkhoma]

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