By Staff Reporter
THE industrial and economic growth of Africa will be shaped by an educational system design based on science, technology and innovation (STI) studies in the continent’s higher education learning institutions.
These were remarks made by the Higher Education Minister Amon Murwira at the third Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ARSTI2021).
Addressing delegates at the forum, the minister said Zimbabwe was playing its part to support STI growth in Africa. The forum is being held in Brazzaville, Congo in situ and virtual.
“The STI that we teach will determine what our continent will become. Our industry must emerge from our classrooms and laboratories, supported by the correct educational system design and framework which no longer teaches students about ‘where they get things but how to make things,’” said Murwira.