Tafadazwa Ndlovu Herald Reporter Government has criticised Seke Teachers’ College for inviting thousands of prospective students for interv...
Tafadazwa Ndlovu Herald Reporter
Government has criticised Seke Teachers’ College for inviting thousands of prospective students for interviews to train as teachers and making a killing from entrance fees saying such fundraising would not be accepted. The college invited nearly 5000 people when it only had 500 vacancies.Speaking at a workshop for college principals in Harare yesterday, Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development deputy Minister Dr Godfrey Gandawa urged tertiary institutions to streamline their recruitment procedures.
“There was an outcry over exorbitant fees charged for interviews like in the case of Seke Teachers College and I even called the college’s principal Mr Ephraim Mutubuki to confirm the reports,” he said.
“When you really look at it, the money charged per person is not that much but when you have a situation whereby you invite 10 000 people when you only require 300 that becomes a problem. The ratio is just too much and that is not acceptable.”
Dr Gandawa said interviews must not be used as a tool for fundraising but as a criteria for choosing best students.
“We are alleged to be fundraising using these interviews. Are we fundraising? And if we are, are we doing any good to the nation by such practices? We need to understand that those people that come for those interviews sometimes are very poor and incur several costs and we are not doing justice to them.
“Let us come up with a criteria whereby prospective students apply and then carry out a pre-selection process before inviting a few for interviews rather than having the college publish an open invitation to everyone,” he said.
Mr Mutubuki dismissed the allegations saying they turned away part of the crowd.
“Even if we decide to take a few, some of the overzealous officers from the public service responsible for the monitoring and evaluation process will be confusing people and also proclaiming to the crowds that everyone has the right to carry out that interview even if our numbers will be enough. In essence they will be controlling the whole process of the interviews,” said Mr Mutubuki.
Dr Gandawa urged tertiary institutions to work together towards achieving corrupt free institutions.
“I was going through some of the turnaround strategies that I requested from several colleges and found out that some institutions are still corrupt. For instance at one college, there were almost 200 students that got places without any interviews and I wonder what criteria is being used for enrolment.
“Another case is whereby some principals are hiring youths as debt collectors and that is worrying because there are professionals that should be hired for that specific jobs. We are going to clean every institution under this ministry and make a turn around,” said Dr Gandawa.
He said his ministry was conducting audits at all tertiary institutions in the country.
There are 24 teachers’ colleges and polytechnics in the country.
Government has criticised Seke Teachers’ College for inviting thousands of prospective students for interviews to train as teachers and making a killing from entrance fees saying such fundraising would not be accepted. The college invited nearly 5000 people when it only had 500 vacancies.Speaking at a workshop for college principals in Harare yesterday, Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development deputy Minister Dr Godfrey Gandawa urged tertiary institutions to streamline their recruitment procedures.
“There was an outcry over exorbitant fees charged for interviews like in the case of Seke Teachers College and I even called the college’s principal Mr Ephraim Mutubuki to confirm the reports,” he said.
“When you really look at it, the money charged per person is not that much but when you have a situation whereby you invite 10 000 people when you only require 300 that becomes a problem. The ratio is just too much and that is not acceptable.”
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“We are alleged to be fundraising using these interviews. Are we fundraising? And if we are, are we doing any good to the nation by such practices? We need to understand that those people that come for those interviews sometimes are very poor and incur several costs and we are not doing justice to them.
“Let us come up with a criteria whereby prospective students apply and then carry out a pre-selection process before inviting a few for interviews rather than having the college publish an open invitation to everyone,” he said.
Mr Mutubuki dismissed the allegations saying they turned away part of the crowd.
“Even if we decide to take a few, some of the overzealous officers from the public service responsible for the monitoring and evaluation process will be confusing people and also proclaiming to the crowds that everyone has the right to carry out that interview even if our numbers will be enough. In essence they will be controlling the whole process of the interviews,” said Mr Mutubuki.
Dr Gandawa urged tertiary institutions to work together towards achieving corrupt free institutions.
“I was going through some of the turnaround strategies that I requested from several colleges and found out that some institutions are still corrupt. For instance at one college, there were almost 200 students that got places without any interviews and I wonder what criteria is being used for enrolment.
“Another case is whereby some principals are hiring youths as debt collectors and that is worrying because there are professionals that should be hired for that specific jobs. We are going to clean every institution under this ministry and make a turn around,” said Dr Gandawa.
He said his ministry was conducting audits at all tertiary institutions in the country.
There are 24 teachers’ colleges and polytechnics in the country.
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