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HIT Board Chair Challenges Board and Senior Management

The Harare Institute of Technology Board Chairman, Dr Gibson Mandishona has challenged fellow board members and the senior management team to deliver to national expectation. He posed the challenge during the 16th Institute Board meeting on the 28th January 2014, which coincidentally was the first meeting for this year.

In his remarks, Dr. Gibson Mandishona congratulated his colleagues for being reappointed to the Harare Institute of Technology Board for another three-year period of to 30 September 2016.

"Let me take this opportunity colleagues to appeal to each one of us to appreciate the huge responsibility placed upon us by the government.  Colleagues, it is government’s expectations that steer the HIT Ship within the broader framework to the national developmental agenda as articulated in the ZimAsset Blueprint.  As we dispense out oversight role, let us be cognisant of the government’s thrust towards the attainment of tangible deliverables from universities in general and HIT in particular", said Dr. Gibson Mandishona.

Dr Mandishona reminded his colleagues that their role is to ensure that in terms of policy direction, the Institute delivers on its Mandate while being largely informed by the four tenets of ZimAsset. "As the Board, we note the progress made by the Institute during the course of 2013 and the accolades it received.  We urge Management not to rest on these laurels but to use these as the impetus for further qualitative growth and expansion of the Institute.  Management is urged to fully exploit the PPPs framework provided by the government to mitigate depressed funding form the fiscus which will continue to be a feature of the economic landscape in the foreseeable future", he said.

"Let me remind Management that ZimAsset calls for strategic and innovative leadership and I believe the team that we have in place will be able to deliver to the Board and government’s satisfaction", said Dr Mandishona.

In his remarks, the Acting Vice Chancellor Eng. Q.C Kanhukamwe assured the Board that his team will notwithstanding the limited financial resources deliver on the mandate.  He said he was cognizant of the Institute Board’s expectations in terms of the extent to which the Institute has raised staff awareness of, as well as its readiness to respond to the ZimAsset framework.  "We have already convened the Academic Leadership Forum meeting to strategise in terms of aligning the Institute’s Strategic plan, Designing the Future to ZimAsset national agenda. Departments have already drawn up their 2014 Tactical Plans that have been informed by ZimAsset. This is being done to ensure that Institute remains relevant and operates in tandem with national aspirations as articulated by the government’s developmental plan", said the Acting Vice Chancellor.

He also noted that the Institute’s outlook for 2013 was greatly curtailed by the depressed financial support from the fiscus but solutions for 2014 were being crafted. "The programmes that are offered by the Institute are equipment and consumables intensive, requiring substantial operational resources. The Institute does not have the option for massive enrolment as a source of revenue generation. However, Management is interrogating other funding options to ensure operations continue to run", he said.

Eng. Kanhukamwe also advised the institute board that the Institute has identified potential financiers for infrastructural development in the face of dwindling fiscal support. He said that the proposals are currently being worked upon and this initiative will assist in the operationalization of the HIT Master Plan.

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