Dr. Jacob Mwanza the Chancellor of University of
Zambia (UNZA) observed that
information communication technology (ICT) had eliminated the barriers of space
and time and new competitive forces, such as virtual universities and that
profit education providers had entered the education market, thereby creating new
challenges and opportunities to the University.
The increase
in the number of universities in the country has possess a great challenge to
the National University which now has to put more effort to cope with the fast
change in the learning industry.
Dr.
Mwanza
said the way forward for
Unza is to have a new education products and services, innovative delivery
systems, new linkages with the corporate world and communities with networks to
the global knowledge and learning industry if they want to cope with the
situation immediately.
Tech360 Correspondent