TEVET CURRICULUM TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE LAUNCHED

TEVET CURRICULUM TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE LAUNCHED

Technology and Science Minister Hon. Felix Mutati has launched 19 priority curriculum for the TEVET sector which are responding to the current challenge of climate change.

The priority curricula include Irrigation Systems, Solar Energy for Agriculture, Ground Water Exploration, Mapping and Drilling Operations, Farm Management and Animal Husbandry.

Hon. Mutati said the launch of the 19 priority curricula is in response to President Hakainde Hichilema’s call for policies that will make the country resilient to the effects of climate change.

Mr. Mutati says climate change has resulted in a drought that has caused food and energy insecurity in the country.

Speaking in a speech read for him by Ministry of Technology and Science Permanent Secretary Dr. Brilliant Habeenzu in Lusaka, Mr. Mutati said energy is an enabler in the economy and the TEVET sector is being remodelled to make the country stronger against any effects on the sector.

Mr. Mutati said the aim of the remodelled curricula is to transform the country into a prosperous middle income nation.

He says some gaps were identified in the agriculture sector which have been addressed in the new curriculum.

And Technical Education, Vocational, Entrepreneurship  Training Authority (TEVETA) Board Chairperson Ngoza Nkwabilo said the new curriculum has been aligned to the Eighth National Development Plan to achieve the country’s economic targets.

Ms. Nkwabilo said the curriculum will provide skills to develop the country and make the nation more resilient.

Meanwhile, TEVETA Director General Cleophas Takaiza disclosed that the authority is in talks with a number of colleges to start providing skills in solar energy as a response to the energy deficit.

Mr. Takaiza says a number of colleges have solar mini grids provided with the support of the German non governmental organization GIZ.

He says the training Institutions can provide training to youths interested in learning about solar energy.

Mr. Takaiza named the colleges with solar mini grids as Saint Mawagali Trades Training Institute in Choma, Livingstone Institute of Business and Engineering Studies, Fountain Gates Craft and Trade School and the Zambia College of Agriculture in Monze.

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