Zim Students Abroad To Get More Support

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava

Mukudzei Chingwere recently in HAVANA, Cuba

Students pursuing tertiary education outside the country have a role to play in economic development and Government will continue to support them, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ambassador Frederick Shava has said. He was speaking in Havana, Cuba when Zimbabwean students studying medicine and engineering on the Caribbean island paid a courtesy call on him on the sidelines of the G77+China Summit which last Saturday. Minister Shava led Zimbabwe’s delegation to the summit which brings together 134 developing countries and China under one roof in their quest to foster a fair global order that does not impede on the development aspirations of the developing world. After the summit, Minister Shava requested to meet the students to hand over an assortment of groceries and US$1 000 each which President Mnangagwa had given Minister Shava to hand over to the students. “We are very happy to see you and to know that indeed you are going to school,” said Minister Shava. “The qualifications you are pursuing are the ones we really need back home. We are happy to hear that you are doing medicine and engineering. “You are being taught things that are badly needed back home so that we can have our own doctors and our own engineers. We want you to come back home after completing your studies to practice in Zimbabwe serving your people and your county. “We are developing our country to achieve an upper middle-income society, and the President has been clear the ‘Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo’ and we want Zimbabweans to take up the responsibility of developing our country. ReadMore