Govt postpones re-opening of training institutions

Govt postpones re-opening of training institutions
By Moses Kuwema
Sat 11 Sep. 2010, 04:00 CAT

THE Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training (MSTVT) has postponed the opening of all MSTVT training institutions for the third term.

In a statement, science and technology minister Dr Brian Chituwo stated that the institutes that were supposed to open on September 13, 2010 would instead open on October 10, 2010.

Dr Chituwo stated that the postponement had been necessitated because the MSTVT institutions would be used for the purpose of the 2010 census programme which runs from September 12 to October 10, 2010.

Dr Chituwo advised all students attending training at MSTVT institutions not to travel to their respective colleges until October 11, 2010.

He named some of the affected colleges as Northern Technical College (NORTEC), Luanshya Technical and Business College (LTBC), Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training Centre (GPLTC), the Technical and Vocational Teachers’ College (TVTC), Kitwe Vocational Training Centre (KVTC), Mwinilunga Trades Training Institute (MTTI), Solwezi Trades Training Institute (SOTTI), Zambia Institute of Business Studies and Industrial Practice (ZIBSIP), Kabwe Trades Training Institute (KTTI), Nkumbi International College (NIC) and Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce.

Others are Mansa Trades Training Institute (Mansa TTI), Lukashya Trades Training Institute (LTTI), Choma Trades Training Institute (CTTI), Kasiya Secretarial and Business College (KSBC), Livingstone Institute of Engineering and Business Studies (LIBES), Kaoma Trades Training Institute (Kaoma TTI), Mongu Trades Training Institute (Mongu TTI), Lusaka Business and Technical College (LBTC), Lusaka Vocational Training Centre (LVTC), Zambia Air Services Training Institute (ZASTI), Ukwimi Trades Training Institute (UTTI) and Chipata Trades Training Institute (Chipata TTI).