Higher Education (Amendment) Act 2021 – Higher Education Authority

In Pictures: Muchinga, Northern, Luapula, and Central Provinces Workshop

HEA — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:02:10 +0000

Mr. Birbal Boniface Musoba (l), Director of Ceremonies and HEA Corporate Communications Officer, gives guidance to the workshop before the first presentation is made. Standing next to him is Dr. Vitalicy Chifwepa, HEA Director – Quality Assurance.
Prof. Stephen Simukanga (standing), HEA Director-General and chair of the workshop, gives a presentation.
Mr. Ronald Chulu, HEA Manager – Finance, presents on the Regulatory Impact Assessment.
HEA support staff at work distributing HEA material to participants and ensuring the smooth progression of the workshop. In the image (L-R), Mr. Julius Sikatali, Driver, and Mrs. Annie Zulu Sitali, Administration Officer.
Prof. Simukanga gives an in-depth interview to Mpika FM’s News Editor, Mr. Josiah Mubemba.
Dr. Chifwepa moderates a plenary session.

Representatives of Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces’ HEIs Discuss Draft Statutory Instrument and Regulatory Impact Assessment

HEA — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:54:53 +0000

Representatives of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces of Zambia broke up into groups to discuss in detail the draft Statutory Instrument and Regulatory Impact Assessment.

During a workshop held in Ndola at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium from 15^th to 17^th March, 2022, the representatives of more than 30 HEIs were divided into three (3) groups in order for them to have detailed discussions of both the draft Statutory Instrument and the Regulatory Impact Assessment.

The Statutory Instrument is intended to operationalise the Higher Education (Amendment) Act, 2021, whilst the Regulatory Impact Assessment analysed the challenges that required to be addressed by the Statutory Instrument and why Government action was needed.

Group 2 discusses the Statutory Instrument and Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Group 3 discusses the Statutory Instrument and Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Dr. Solomon Musonda presents on behalf on Group 1. Dr. Musonda is the Managing Director for Kalulushi Training Centre and Mukuba Institute of Health and Applied Sciences.
Dr. John Mukange presents on behalf of Group 2. Dr. Mukange is the CEO of Lubuto City College of Health Sciences.
Mr. Nicholas Chipasha presents for Group 3. Mr. Chipasha is the Director of Operations for Shalome School Of Health And Business Study.

Following their discussion, the groups presented their resolve to the workshop. But having varied resolve, HEA and the various representatives from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA), excused the participants in order for them to discuss amongst themselves and reach a consensus for the Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces.

The representatives of the HEIs from the Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces reached a consensus as a collective which will be presented to MoJ, the Drafters of the Statutory Instrument, and BRRA, the ones mandated to ensure that the Regulatory Impact Assessment is undertaken pursuant to Section 6 (2) of the Business Regulatory Act No 3 of 2014.

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HEA Holds Consultation Workshops on Draft Statutory Instruments for Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces

HEA — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:31:09 +0000

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) continued to hold its nationwide sensitisation and consultation workshops that are aimed at sensitising Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the Higher Education (Amendment) Act, 2021, and consulting on the draft Statutory Instrument and Regulatory Impact Assessment.

From 15^th to 17^th March, 2022, HEA held the second in a series of five (5) workshops in Ndola at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. The workshop brought together representatives of HEIs from Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces.

Prof. Stephen Simukanga (standing), HEA Director-General and chair of the workshop, delivers opening remarks in the presence of the media.
In the picture, (L-R), Dr. Vitalicy Chifwepa, Director – Quality Assurance, HEA; Ms. Besnart Simunchembu, Principal Planning Officer in the Ministry of Education, representing the Director – Planning and Information in the Ministry of Education; and, Mr. Joseph Lange, Esq., Legal Counsel in the Ministry of Education.

The workshops will continue from 22^nd – 25^th March, 2022, in Mpika, Muchinga Province, which will target representatives of HEIs from Muchinga, Luapula, Northern and Central Provinces.

The Higher Education (Amendment) Act, 2021, has expanded the Authority’s mandate and, as such, HEA has embarked on these sensitisation workshops in order to inform all the HEIs on the status quo of the higher education subsector as a result of the Amendment Act.

Furthermore, the Higher Education (Amendment) Act, 2021, has brought colleges that were previously regulated by other bodies under the oversight of the Authority. Thus, HEA is using these series of workshops to sensitise these colleges about the its mandate and operations.

Moreover, in order to operationalise the Higher Education (Amendment) Act, 2021, HEA has been facilitating, for the Ministry of Education, the development of a Statutory Instrument by the Ministry of Justice. Thus, the Authority is consulting all stakeholders on the Statutory Instrument and its implications.

Additionally, the Regulatory Impact Assessment analysed the challenges that required to be addressed by the Statutory Instrument and why Government action was needed.

Participants of the workshop and the media follow listen to Prof. Simukanga’s opening remarks.

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