{"id":4370,"date":"2024-10-02T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:24:53","slug":"chamisa-unveils-a-plan-to-tackle-braindrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4370","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa Unveils a Plan to Tackle Braindrain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Political Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson Chamisa, the former opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, has unveiled a comprehensive plan to tackle Zimbabwe&#8217;s brain drain and ensure educational achievements translate to tangible growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plan, which utilizes data, evidence, and statistical models, aims to guide individual citizens&#8217; development from birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Components of the Plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Identity and Social Security: Assign a national identity, social security, citizen number, and voter registration identification to each citizen, triggering activation upon completion of testing and qualification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Job Market Readiness: Ensure the job market is ready to receive graduates with ideal opportunities, addressing joblessness among trained professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-Driven Approach: Monitor and relate data across economic and social sectors, providing a comprehensive approach to citizens&#8217; affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chamisa emphasized that the current lack of opportunity and strategic planning means Zimbabwe&#8217;s investment in education often fails to yield meaningful returns. He noted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We produce graduates, but we have no viable market absorption plan to cater for the trained professionals we spew out year in and out&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Current State of Affairs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the University of Zimbabwe&#8217;s 43rd graduation ceremony, 6,778 students graduated, including 200 medical doctors, 256 lawyers, and 327 engineers. However, only 16 dentists and 83 pharmacists graduated, highlighting an area that requires significant improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chamisa stressed that Zimbabwe suffers from a significant brain drain, with many graduates seeking employment opportunities abroad or remaining unemployed at home. He believes that implementing a radical, elaborate, thoughtful, and inclusive citizens&#8217; affairs plan can transform educational achievements into tangible growth and prosperity for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By introducing this comprehensive plan, Chamisa aims to address the pressing issues facing Zimbabwe&#8217;s educated youtha and ensure a brighter future for the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Correspondent Nelson Chamisa, the former opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, has unveiled a comprehensive plan to tackle Zimbabwe&#8217;s brain drain and ensure educational achievements translate to tangible&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4372,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions\/4372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}