TEVET Curriculum To Respond To Climate Change Challenge Launched
Written by Mafken FM Newsroom on 29 October 2024
By Staff Reporter
Technology and Science Minister Hon. Felix Mutati has launched 19 priority curriculum for the TEVET sector which are responding to the current challenge of climate change.
The priority curricula include Irrigation Systems, Solar Energy for Agriculture, Ground Water Exploration, Mapping and Drilling Operations, Farm Management and Animal Husbandry.
Hon. Mutati said the launch of the 19 priority curricula is in response to President Hakainde Hichilema’s call for policies that will make the country resilient to the effects of climate change.
Mr. Mutati says climate change has resulted in a drought that has caused food and energy insecurity in the country.
Speaking in a speech read for him by Ministry of Technology and Science Permanent Secretary Dr. Brilliant Habeenzu in Lusaka, Mr. Mutati said energy is an enabler in the economy and the TEVET sector is being remodelled to make the country stronger against any effects on the sector.
And Technical Education, Vocational, Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) Board Chairperson Ngoza Nkwabilo said the new curriculum has been aligned to the Eighth National Development Plan to achieve the country’s economic targets.
Meanwhile, TEVETA Director General Cleophas Takaiza disclosed that the authority is in talks with a number of colleges to start providing skills in solar energy as a response to the energy deficit.
Mr. Takaiza says a number of colleges have solar mini grids provided with the support of the German non governmental organization GIZ.
He says the training Institutions can provide training to youths interested in learning about solar energy
