Minister of Technology and Science Minister, Felix Mutati, has launched 19 priority curriculum for the TEVET sector which are responding to the current challenges 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.
Mr. 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 said that 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 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.
“The aim of the remodelled curricula is to transform the country into a prosperous middle income nation, said Mr. Mutati in a statemenet issued to RCV News in Lusska today.
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 said that 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.
Angel Kasabo
