Six out of 10 degree programmes in the faculty of arts at the Midlands State University (MSU) will from next year be relocated to the Zvishavane campus, the institution said in a notice.
BY Stephen Chadenga
The move is likely to affect hundreds of students as they have to look for new accommodation in the mining town among other transfer-related costs.
“The following programmes in the faculty of arts have been relocated to the MSU Zvishavane campus with effect from January 2016, African Languages and Culture, English and Communication, Development Studies, Film and Theatre Arts, History and Modern Languages,” MSU said.
Only four programmes, Archaeology, Communication Skills, Historical Studies and Theology and Religions Studies will remain at the campus in Gweru.
“Students in those programmes (relocated) are duly notified to start preparing for their relocation now.” MSU further advised students that accommodation offered by the institution was “very limited” hence they (students) had to secure out of campus accommodation.
Although no official comment could be obtained from MSU, many students interviewed said they were going to incur extra costs in relocating to the new campus.
“My family stays in Gweru so all these years I did not have to worry about accommodation, now I have to stay in Zvishavane and it means extra costs,” said a student, who only identified herself as Tendai.
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In July this year, students studying politics and public management and peace studies were given short notice to report to the university’s new campus in the asbestos mining town, 10 days before the commencement of second semester. The move caught the ire of the Zimbabwe National Students Union with secretary-general Tererai Sithole, saying students would be left in the hands of “merciless landlords”.
