Lupane (New Ziana) –Lupane State University (LSU) has relocated three quarters of its operations from Bulawayo to its campus in the Matabeleland North provincial capital and expects to complete the process by 2022, an official has said.

In an interview, LSU marketing and communications manager Zwelithini Dlamini said the university was committed to move to its main campus and 70 percent of staff members and students have relocated so far.

“By 2022 we hope we would have completed the relocation to the main campus depending with the availability of resources to build accommodation particularly for students. We have managed to move to campus 240 members of staff leaving just a 100 at the Bulawayo campus. As for students, the conventional students who are now at the main campus are 840,” he said.

Dlamini said 70 percent of students including those on parallel and block release had since been moved to the main campus.

He said most of the relocated staff and students had to seek accommodation in Lupane town as the campus has limited accommodation.

“Now that most students and staff members have relocated to the main campus, the university can now concentrate on its core business of teaching. There is less attention being given to issues that do not relate to the university’s day to day business. More resources are now being spent on the core business of the university,” he said.

Faculties that have relocated to Lupane include Agriculture, Humanities and Social Sciences as well as departments in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office such as Physical Planning, Works and Estates, Information Communication Technologies, the Quality Assurance Directorate, Internal Audit, Marketing and Public Relations, Procurement Management as well as Research and Innovation Services.

The Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Office is also now in Lupane.

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