President caps 480 President Mugabe confers a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Intelligence and Security on Ms Wishes Chauke at Bindura University of Science Education yesterday. — Picture by Tawanda Mudimu

Bulawayo Bureau
President Mugabe yesterday capped 484 students who graduated with degrees and diplomas in various fields at Lupane State University’s fifth graduation ceremony, an increase from 190 who graduated last year.
The Faculty of Commerce presented graduates for the Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Accounting and Finance as well as Bachelor of Honours Degree in Human Resources for the first time. Of the 484 graduands, 51.1 percent were females.

In her report, the acting Vice Chancellor Dr Gertrude Nyakutse, said she was happy to announce that the university had experienced growth in terms of student enrolment.
But she said the growth had resulted in an acute shortage of accommodation.

“We had 12 students at inception and today, we have 3 040 students. Resources permitting, it is our wish that the entire university relocates to the Lupane campus,” she said.

Dr Nyakutse said it was the university’s priority to provide accommodation for both students and staff as well as other facilities to enable the university to relocate to its permanent home.

She said as part of its contribution to employment creation, the university was equipping its students with entrepreneurship skills.
“We have incorporated entrepreneurship modules in all degree programmes in order to help our graduates to get into industry with an orientation towards employment creation.

We are also pursuing a hunting concession for both commercial activities and supporting student practicals,” she said. Dr Nyakutse appealed to the Government to allocate more resources to the university to enable it to complete the many projects under construction.

 

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