Parliamentarians visit Poly

News   Hazviperi Mbizi   March 19, 2020
PIC: Delegates before the tour
The Malawi Parliamentarian committee responsible for education science and technology visited the Polytechnic on the insight tour it performs in the education sector in the country.

The team which was led by Honorable Brainax Mfaume Azizi Kaise MP Nkhota-kota South, comprised of different members of  parliament who are part of this committee whose aim is to monitor the challenges which are faced by schools in the country and work with the Minister of Education on the solutions.

In the welcoming remarks, the Principal, Professor Grant Kululanga thanked the honorable members for sparing their time to visit the Polytechnic.

The members led by Professor Kululanga visited the Nyika hostel which was gutted down by fire in November 2019.

Later, Professor Kululanga made a presentation on the strategic objectives of the university, its vision and mission statements, the university mandate, outputs of the previous year, delinking from the University of Malawi and the prepared ness as it transforms to the new university knowns Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS).

“MUBAS strategic plan has five strategic objectives with which it is operating through the government policies such as; teaching and learning, research consultancy and out reach, finance and resource mobilization, innovation and entrepreneurship plus governance and management,” Professor Kululanga said.

Later the management and the parialmentarians engaged in dialogue on various topics relevant in order to attain high and quality education at the university.

 


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