Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Zimbabwe Teachers to Visit China; Mugabe Launches National Youth Project

20 teachers set to visit China

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 02:22
Cathrine Biswick Herald Reporter

Twenty teachers from local schools will travel to China in August as part of the country’s on-going participation in a bilateral cultural exchange programme, a senior Government official said yesterday. Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Deputy Minister

Lazarus Dokora told The Herald that the selected teachers would leave for China by mid or end of August this year to enhance their skills in Wushu martial arts.

The teachers would be in China for one year.

China sent Wushu experts in February to train 63 local teachers in this form of martial arts at Chaminuka Training Centre in Mashonaland Central province.

“We are sending the top 20 teachers to China to sharpen their skills in the Wushu martial arts,” he said.

The teachers would undergo training in culture, sport and education under the cultural exchange programme between Zimbabwe and China.

Deputy Minister Dokora said the move to send the teachers to China reflected the good ties that the two countries enjoyed.

“This is reciprocal and they too will be benefiting from English classes given by the Zimbabwe nationals,” he said.

He said the programme was being implemented in fulfilment of the China–Africa co-operation framework.


President to launch National Youth Policy

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 02:23
Norah Mutale Herald Reporter

President Mugabe is this week expected to launch the National Youth Policy which aims to empower youths to participate and contribute to the social, economic and political development of the country.

Mr Livingstone Dzikira told The Herald last Friday that President Mugabe would launch the policy at the Harare International Conference Centre.

“We are happy about the launch of the revised National Youth Policy. The policy will ensure that young people are represented properly and that their needs are met,” he said.

He said the launch of the policy demonstrated the government’s commitment to empowering and addressing challenges facing the youth in the country.

The National Youth Policy represents a declaration of the priority areas for addressing youth issues and outlines strategic interventions that the Government intends to provide for the development of young women and men.

Furthermore, the policy provides a framework for the involvement of different organisations and sectors in supporting the development of young people in Zimbabwe.

The policy seeks to empower the youth in a comprehensive, co-ordinated multi-sectoral manner by creating an enabling environment and marshalling resources necessary for undertaking programmes to fully develop their potential and quality of life.

The National Youth Policy, among other issues, reserves and ensures that government approves a 25 percent quota of all economic indigenisation and empowerment facilities in agriculture, mining, commercial, tourism, and industrial economic activity for youth.

It also pays particular attention to the empowerment of young people with disabilities.

The National Youth Policy was approved by cabinet in June last year.

1 comment:

The World Around Me said...

Mugabe does many good things yet the world turns a blind eye and only seems to wake up when another person dies.
This is a very interesting article. Thanks