Right, ndadzoka. Our tertiary education system is laden with useless degrees like political science, development studies, film & theater, english and linguistics, history and international studies and a hoard of other arts and humanities programs being offered by Zim universities to fill up classes just to make profit from tuition. Apa class inenge iine 500-2000 students kana ndimiwo.
This is negatively impacting the economy, kungonzi mwana aenda kuUniversity but contribution to production muEconomy is zero! 0! Instead, these universities should drop their pride and introduce vocational training courses, maybe zvikaitwa at university level people can start giving respect to these courses because munhu chaasiri kuda kumaraini ndechekunzi akaenda kuPoly or ari paVocational training, when those qualifications are way better than useless university degrees.
Instead, mwana wese atadza kuita a science program or important commercial and arts programs like accounting, economics, law, and business studies should take the following courses:
1. Electrician
2. Plumber
3. Carpenter
4. Welder
5. HVAC Technician
6. Mechanic
7. Mason
8. Automotive Technician
9. Machinist
10. Construction Laborer
11. Heavy Equipment Operator
12. Painter
13. Roofing Contractor
14. Insulation Installer
15. Sheet Metal Worker
16. CNC Operator
17. Landscape Technician
18. Bricklayer
19. Elevator Installer
20. Pipefitter
21. Glazier
22. Solar Panel Installer
23. Diesel Mechanic
24. Millwright
25. Paving Technician
26. Drywall Installer
27. Tile Setter
28. Upholsterer
29. Cabinetmaker
30. Sign Maker
31. Forgemaster
32. Quality Control Inspector
33. Industrial Maintenance Technician
34. Packaging Technician
35. Textile Technician
36. Leatherworker
37. Food Service Technician
38. Bartender
39. Chef
40. Baker
41. Brewer
42. Butcher
43. Fishmonger
44. Pastry Chef
45. Agricultural Technician
46. Crop Farmer
47. Livestock Farmer
48. Greenhouse Technician
49. Veterinary Technician
50. Animal Caretaker
51. Firefighter
52. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
53. Paramedic
54. Police Officer
55. Security Officer
56. Commercial Diver
57. Salvage Diver
58. Construction Supervisor
59. Project Manager
60. Quality Assurance Specialist
61. Supply Chain Coordinator
62. Logistics Technician
63. Inventory Specialist
64. Retail Manager
65. Warehouse Worker
66. Forklift Operator
67. Research Technician
68. Laboratory Technician
69. Medical Coder
70. Pharmacy Technician
71. Health Information Technician
72. Home Health Aide
73. Massage Therapist
74. Cosmetologist
75. Vehicle Auto Electricia
76. Esthetician
77. Barber
78. Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Mechanic
79. Fitness Instructor
80. Digital Marketing Specialist
81. Graphic Designer
82. Web Developer
83. IT Support Specialist
84. Data Entry Clerk
85. Telecommunications Technician
86. Network Administrator
87. Software Developer
88. Database Administrator
89. Environmental Technician
90. Safety Officer
91. Compliance Specialist
92. Construction Estimator
93. Property Manager
94. Real Estate Agent
95. Insurance Adjuster
96. Tax Preparer
97. Financial Analyst
98. Business Consultant
99. Entrepreneur
100. Nonprofit Manager
These are technical qualifications, they are economic drivers because they scale up production. Mwana wese kuma hands on skills, pamberi neApprenticeship or Vocational training
Back in 1982 I was lucky to get an apprenticeship as a sparky (Electrician) at Salisbury Portland Cement,later known as Circle Cement,a subsidiary of the UK’s Blue Circle Cement.
The training I received there is nothing but priceless!
I hear the company has changed hands and names since?
I wanna go there before I jet out to my base,London.,and take a trip down memory lane!
Nuff Respeck to that company ,as the youngsters would say!
I was trained by the very best journeymen,Steve Brown,Richard Burton,Foreman Allan Herschel ,George Chisepo,Evans Madombwe, late Soul bro,Alec Stewart,Abisha Muyambo ,Graham Windus ,Bipin Patel ,Francis Maramwidze,Jack Eastlake and sooooo many more skilled MF*ers that to this day I will never forget!
Harsh and strict as they were,they instilled in me the discipline and desire to be the best.
The Circle Cement quarry was located a few Ks down a well maintained gravel road past Chikurubi Prison and there I met a different breed of men!
Mudhara Sylvester Munjoma AKA “The Master Blaster” ,who was in charge of the blasting crew and“Magazine” where dynamite used for blasting the limestone rock required in the cement manufacturing process was stored .
Mudhara Munjoma had a span of time for me,great barlie he was,his young bro,Chokufa Munjoma was the supervisor of the trucking crew responsible for the transportation of the blasted rock to the jaw crusher,Chokufa,a tall,lanky,no nonsense character, ran his department like wooo! A Derrty ouen! Proper!
Kingstone Chibangu was one of the supervisors in Chokufa’s team,working a 24 hour rota ,a charismatic character he was ! 😄
I could write a book if only I had gone to school shuwa!
Anyway if any honcho at the cement factory is reading this….Please may come over for a trip down memory lane?
You’re born alone
Don’t die alone
You live within your people’s hearts
So love em till you’re gone
See where we are going?
We’ll never know.
I think that’s knowledge for the Gods
I think we used to know
Forgot our names
They’re in our souls
I think the truth is in the stars
I think I wana go
Materialize
Re analyze
Assimilate the ghetto youth and teach them how to better ties
We servered ties
From genocides
Ha o re bona ko corneng ska re blaima rele dah
My daddy vaaid
My momma cried
How I’m supposed posed to be a man?
What’s the Sun/son without Rah?
The daily life mo Makazana
I just look into the Sky
Botsa Modimo why
Our daily lives
Is televised
But they don’t care about the hood they want us all to die
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Retirement!
-Yesterday l met my uncle with his friends over lunch.
-They used to be civil servants and they both worked for the government for over 40 years.
-They were crying over their lump-sum on retirement.
-They said the lump-sum can no-longer buy $1000 usd in total
-They retired last year,one of their workmate did not manage to last a year after retirement,he passed on and they blame it on stress as he still had a child meant to start university.
-They were mainly frustrated bcz they served diligently over those years without breaking any working rules but at the end they did not get proper compensation.
-But they said they all had their first houses around 1981-2 in their late twenties.
-I said yes you are crying but you have a home to retire to and your kids all went to school.
-In the next coming decade we have a whole generation that is reaching retirement with no houses.
-We have a group of people who have never worked formal employment and never got mortgages to build houses
-What is going to happen with no retirement packages as well as no houses to retire to??
-We are facing more catastrophe than never before,my million dollar question now is how do we prepare for retirement as young people ?
-One easy way if you see you can’t manage to build a proper home whilst you are still young try to build a rural home
-All the energy to chase these small deals will be exhausted at one point in life and all you will need is a place to relax at.
-The second alternative leave the country and go get a citizenship in another country where you can actually have decent retirement packages.
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