The Health Professions Council of Zambia and the Higher Education Authority have announced that the medical courses at the Copperbelt University will remain suspended.
In a joint statement, the two institutions say the decision was arrived at after consultations with the Attorney Generals Chambers.
Higher Education Authority Acting Director General Mrs Elizabeth Hamvumba and Health Professions Council of Zambia stated that the two institutions have both agreed that the three medical courses at CBU have deficiencies.
They said CBU has since been asked to develop an improvement plan which will address the deficiencies that were observed by both parties.
They both agreed that the withdrawal of the courses by HPCZ was done within the law.
The two bodies have also asked CBU to work expeditiously and ensure that the medical courses are reinstated.
Govt in flight with boma ki ki ki
HPCZ should have solved this matter quietly and administratively
HPCZ needs and elderly mature boss who reached level of medical superintendent and not someone straight from Ridgeway compus
Am a non partisan political consultant
Is Prof. Simukanga still in his job? Odi odi uko …
Exactly! The predecessors to this one were elderly Senior Professionals who executed their duties with WISDOM and dignity! Unfortunately Years of Experience or qualifications don’t amount to Wisdom!
What is the point now of issuing a joint statement now when you have killed the global reputation of CBU now? Will anyone trust all graduates from this institution? What has happened is regrettable! It’s like an irresponsible husband or wife who washes dirty bedroom linen in public instead of resolving issues within the confines of the bedroom! Even when you are right, you must be humble enough to correct someone without causing loss of face and dignity! Can we work on our EGOs Zambians – Your EGOs are terrible!
Good move.
CBU is not fit for purpose. An extensive audit should be done to assess other departments at CBU.
If you find one rotten apple in a basket, there are likely to be others.
Let is focus on quality, not quantity.
One-nil to common sense.
Bravo!!
@1.3. IndigoTyrol Don’t just talk about CBU. We need to understand that education in Zambia needs to be revamped.
For sure, after my dealings with UNZA in the past three years, i have discovered that it a totally USELESS institution, totally confused and confusing, just like any other Tuntemba Universities in Zambia.
It is my considered PLEA that our caring leader, His Excellency ECL will look into the matter of good education.
Elizabeth Hamvumba is a Cadre
Iwe Mujajati has worked for over 10 years as a doctor. He is not straight from Ridgeway campus. He was my senior in university and i have worked for 13years now after my graduation. If anything HPCZ were on point. Muleishiba utuntu not just posting things blindly
Easterner pela tell Mujajati to handle somethings administratively, the guy he is too much in the news. He will end up like Chitalu Chilufya who is on the news daily meanwhile there are no medicines in hospital, an appointment at UTH is 6 months to 1 year in some cases.
Anti Easterner,
It is good that we are debating these things in public. People are being educated now.
For far too long. things have been done in private, quietly.
Loans have been acquired secretly, and decisions have been made without consulting the public. Look at the mess this has caused.
I therefore applaud this new culture of public debate, initiated by learned citizens.
This can only be good for Zambia. The government should take notes and learn to do the same.
At least some sanity is getting back to our institutions. This is good for the country in that we will have well qualified professionals. The world is also watching and they will start giving merit to our education system.
However, I am still disappointed that Prof. Stephen Simukanga (whom I hold in high esteem) decided to choose a wrong decision by overruling the resolution made by Health Professions Council of Zambia to ban the three courses.
There will be people, especially those with fake or questionable qualifications, that will be against this.
I think we should investigate if this man is indeed a professor. There are way too many fake doctors in Zed.
Imagine Kambwili waking up one day, and decides to buy qualifications.
It simply does not work like that.
Welcome to the real world.
Insoni ebuntu ba professor. bafilwa no kusigner.
Where is prof Ngoma? Ngoma must go.
At least now they are talking the same language after having bruised each other which was not necessary. Zambia my beloved country. Quality should always come above quantity in every sphere of life
First, it was a private medical school. Now, it is a public medical school. The winner is the egalitarian principle of equal treatment of private and public medical schools. It is reasonable to apply the recommendation of the AG. However, it is necessary for two independent statutory bodies to operate independently. To that extent, a Constitutional Court ruling would serve the interest of delimitation of the mandate of HEA. The same applies to all academic programs, including law, accountant or engineering.
Mujajati is highly opinionated. He is always right.
HPCZ is not above unza Senate. Its no an academic body. But they want us to view HPCZ above unza..
Even those lincensure exam are just draining candidates of time and money after spending hectic time at the university
Foreign Docs pay K15 000 to sit for these exams and no one is talking
This HPCZ must be abolished
Am a non partisan political consultant
Dr Mujajati is young and wise. On the other hand professor whatever from HEA should go back to unza.
No, Simukanga is not fit to work anywhere. He is the one who brought UNZA down to college status with his poor leadership. That is why he wanted the poor graded courses to continue running at CBU.
Simukanga has to go – no 2 ways about this.
Dr Mujajati is a very good doctor; hard working and efficient and is an embodiment of the quality of leaders that Zambia needs.
Munjajati you are dealing with evil men…. the evil men know bounds and they may hunt you… be careful in your dealing with them…………… truth pains but it saves…… they are hurt and they will soon fight back with evil and bruise you even if you mean well.
They will bring issue of tribe against you…. watch and see…………….blockheads are a problem
Good we need to maintain standards in the medical profession, lives depend on it. Zero tolerance in this matter quality over quantity is necessary. Only the best and committed minds make it through medical school world wide. That’s why it’s the only title of Doctor respected Globally. Well done HPCZ, I’ve been following your admirable work to maintain standards and I applaud your efforts. We need more people with courage running regulatory Bodies to stick to principles in dispending their duties without compromise. Effective governance is effective systems. In the USA you can’t even bribe a Policeman without getting arrested.
Bla bla bla!
Good for nothing puppies chasing all the shadows they can see!
In the end noisy puppies risk getting kicked in the teeth to shut them up!
Spare us the noise about who was right or wrong and apologize to the one whose name was misused to officially open an ill-prepared Program! All institutions involved have let the students and the head of state down!
HPCZ are sleeping , no college or university in Zambia is fit to train health professionals m they all do not meet the minimum standards m the high enrolment is too much, students don’t not have hands on practicaks both at their colleges and practicum sites, under qualified lecturers is the order of the day, UN motivated qualifued lecturers, lack of skills labs , classroom spaces meducal laboratories the list is endless, can HPCZ come with minimum number or students in each ckass m 40 for me would make sense , how can you have 300 students against 5 modems or 8 microscopes, the students we are producing both from private and public are low barked, can HPCZ hack up the standards and be Mir proactive
So HPCZ have won the battle. So now we as members of the public know who is higher between the two.
A few months ago Mujajatis organisation closed a private university with much publicity and fan fare. A few months down the line the university was graduating ‘doctors’ . There was no public announcement how and when this private university corrected all the wrongs which were pointed out at closure and how the final year students managed to qualify after being taught by unqualified tutors for 4 – 5 years. In a matter of months all is now ok at Cavendish? The facilities at CBU can’t be compared with Cavendish never. How was this institution allowed to graduate Doctors ?
So you tell me that medical courses at university are not part of “Higher Education” in Zambia? That is what the last sentence of the statement implies, that HEA regulates the education sector and HPCZ regulates health sector. I think that this was “convenient” “guidance” by Attorney General after realising the conundrum similar to our constitution. AG is trying to save face, didn’t both Acts get his go ahead and clearance when they were drafts?
Or kapena it’s another fake news by one trib.al Hacks?