Zambian High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand, Ambassador Dr. Elias Munshya, Puts Higher Education Resources Mobilisation Top of His Agenda
The Zambian High Commissioner to Australia, Ambassador Dr. Elias Munshya has pledged to put the mobilisation of resources for higher education, investments and international cooperation top of his agenda.
Ambassador Munshya pledged his support for higher education during dinner he had with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Director General Professor Kazhila C. Chinsembu and Director Quality Assurance Dr. Martin Mushumba at Avani Victoria Falls Resort on 28th June, 2024.
The HEA Director General, Professor Chinsembu used this dinner opportunity to discuss the possibilities of attracting support in the higher education subsector from Australia and New Zealand.
Ambassador Munshya observed that both Australia and New Zealand had a lot of outstanding Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that would be willing to expand and establish their base in Zambia. He further indicated that he would work tirelessly to ensure that he facilitated any such university that could want to set up in Zambia.
“I am going to assign my First Secretary in Charge of Education the special role of creating a strong linkage between Zambia’s higher education subsector and that of Australia and New Zealand in order to attract the targeted investments and build strong collaborations that will see increased support to Zambia’s higher education institutions in key areas such as research and development, staff development, and student exchanges,” he said. He also noted that, “there is an urgent need for Zambia to leverage the good relationship that the country shares with Australia and New Zealand to draw support towards the higher education sector.”
Ambassador Munshya appreciated the strides that HEA had made in raising the standards of education in Zambia and offered to facilitate collaboration with similar bodies in Australia and New Zealand in order to facilitate for knowledge exchange.
“The Authority could benefit a lot from their Australian and New Zealand counterparts by learning how they have managed to keep their higher education sector at such a competitive level, which was globally recognised,” the High Commissioner concluded. The HEA could be headed for unprecedented ties with Australia and New Zealand following the Higher Commissioner’s pledge. The development would benefit the higher education sector to gain global competitiveness and recognition.
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