Nkumbi International College in the era of the liberation of Southern Africa,1964-1994
Date
2016
Authors
Jope, Mary
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
The thesis of this study is that Zambia contributed to Southern Africa from the educational perspective and benefitted from hosting a refugee institution during the era of the liberation.
The study argues that the establishment of Nkumbi International College (NIC) in Mkushi District of Zambia was subsequent to earlier attempts by the African American Institute (AAI) to place African refugees in secondary schools in Tanzania. As an extension of the AAI educational project, NIC exclusively offered academic education during the early years of which 25 per cent of the total enrolment was allocated to Zambian students.
The study demonstrates that NIC was expanded through the introduction or incorporation of some courses notably Agricultural Mechanics, Clerk Typing, Farm Machinery Operation, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Shorthand Typing, Automotive Mechanics and Basic Training in English, Mathematics and Science. The development was not only coupled with an upward adjustment of 60 per cent allocation of the anticipated student capacities of 400 and eventually 500 to Zambians, but the appearance of the local administrative and academic staff on the scene. The systematic and successful implementation of the Zambianisation policy in the teaching fraternity at NIC was anchored on the devised variables. Besides, manual labour was prominently Zambian throughout the liberation period.
NIC contributed to the education and training of human resource in Southern Africa during the liberation period. The strategic position of the institution, through refugee student admission and staff employment, attempted to reduce the refugee population in residential areas and camps so as to lessen the adverse effects of bomb attacks on humanity in Zambia during the time.
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Education--Africa, Southern , National liberation movements--Africa, Southern. , Africa, Southern--Foreign relations--Zambia , Zambia--Foreign relations--Africa, Southern.