GWERU Polytechnic graduands have been urged to create jobs for the community so that they
become employers of other youths.
Speaking during the institution’s graduation ceremony, Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education,
Science and Technology Development Professor Amon Murwira in a speech read on his behalf by
Professor Fanuel Tagwira, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary said graduands should make use of
their skills to create employmwnt.
Keep in mind that you are graduands who create employment, so l urge you to go out there and
create those jobs with the skills you have been equipped with and employ fellow youths, he said.
Prof Murwira said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mantra Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo was a
call for graduands to join other Zimbabweans in building the nations economy.
Nyika inovakwa nevana vayo, so in whatever skill you have gained in this college, use it towards
developing the country. Make good choices, stay away from drugs, the world is not stationary, never
stop learning and focus on development of your careers, he said.
The Higher and Tertiary Education Minister encouraged the public to desist from the colonial-era
mindset of slavery ideology but to make pledges to help graduates create start-up for projects.
Takudzwa Mazhizha, who did National Certificate in instrumentation and Control Systems as a part-
time student, vowed to work continuously and ignore challenges and obstacles and ensure that he
joins hands with colleagues to form a company that will create more jobs.
As a part-time student, l faced many challenges but my dream of having a company kept me
pushing up to this far, and no matter what, obstacles may come, l promise to join hands with other
graduands and register a company that will create more jobs to our fellow youths, Mazhizha said.
A female graduate Tinomudaishe Gono, who was doing a National Certificate in Human Resources
Management said for the jobs to be created, Zimbabweans should come together and play their
roles to support the vision.
Skills alone are not enough, we need investors, funders and all citizens are to come together and
we work as a team for the betterment of our economy.
“Skills need to merge with capital, human resources, supportive environment that meets the
standards of governing rules and regulations of registering and running a company, Gono said.
Gweru Polytechnic principal Washington Chandiwana said 43 percent of the graduands were
females.
