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The Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts has partnered with the University of Zambia School of Education to offer training programmes in sports administration, management, and coaching to sports personnel.

Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary (PS) Technical Services, Mr Joel Kamoko, is delighted at the University of Zambia (UNZA)’s role in instilling quality assurance training in colleges of education through collaborative affiliations.

Chief Chitambo of Chitambo chiefdom is delighted by the University of Zambia’s plans to develop a centre of excellence for educational and agricultural purposes.

The University of Zambia (UNZA) Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Anne Sikwibele, has applauded the Zambia Association of Public Universities and Colleges (ZAPUC) for creating a strategic forum for consultation, exchange of information, experiences and cooperation among universities and colleges in Zambia in order to promote the exchange of best practices in delivering tertiary education.

The University of Zambia (UNZA) through the School of Mines has launched the Capacity Building programme for the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation and World Vision with a focus on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Groundwater Modelling on Tuesday, 11th October 2022.

The University of Botswana seeks collaboration with the University of Zambia

On 27th April 2022, the Lusaka District Health Office was notified of an increase in persons presenting with flu-like symptoms around the University of Zambia Great East Road campus. Our Disease Intelligence team led by the Zambia National Public Health Institute investigated the upsurge in flu-like illness amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Government has pledged to constitute a team of engineers from the Ministry of Water, Development, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection, Lusaka Water Supply, and Sewerage Company (LWSC) which will work with the University of Zambia (UNZA) Resident Engineering department to address the water and sanitation challenges at the institution.

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has classified the University of Zambia (UNZA) in the highest tier of the Zambia Qualifications Framework (ZQF) 10 following findings of the audit of each higher education institution in Zambia. This entails that UNZA has the capacity to offer a wide range of university programmes from diploma, bachelors, masters to PhD programmes.