The learning system – the first of its kind in the country – will see lecturers and learning aids deployed for stipulated periods in remote areas says Vice Chancellor Hope Sadza.
She told the speaker of Parliament and his staff at the signing of a memorandum of understanding last week that the facility would help accelerate the empowerment of rural people. The pro vice-chancellor, Charles Nherera, told The Zimbabwean that preparations for the mobile education unit were at final stages, awaiting only the arrival of a suitable truck.
The pioneer project will be carried out in Mashonaland East Province where certificate, diploma and degree programmes will be provided. Those satisfied with just certificate level courses will end there but those willing to tier their certificates under a semester system can do so until they graduate at degree level.
The university will use available facilities such as farming plots in rural communities for agriculture courses. Students will be able to transfer from the mobile education system to the formal at the university’s premises.
The WUA is a private institution established in 2002 with an enrolment policy of 80 percent women and 20 percent men. This is in line with the institution’s objective to address gender disparity and foster equality in accessing tertiary education.
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