Mired in debt estimated to
be at least K1 trillion, Zambia’s bastion of higher education, UNZA, appears to
be crumbling under the burden of poor funding, low staff numbers, inadequate
facilities and an out-of-date curriculum. Charles Mafa investigates
Picture the scene. A poor boy from the rural area works hard at his local school, passes his exams with flying colours, then comes to Lusaka for the first time to get a degree, only to find a crumbling university education system and nowher...
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