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Eight Chipinge College departments equipped with vocational training tools

Posted by Victor Ngwenya

Posted 27 Nov 2025

We held a three-hour planning meeting with tutors and management to identify what each department needed. Each department submitted a priority list, and the college collected three quotations for every item before purchasing.

The equipment arrived in November 2025 and is now in use. Students in welding can now work in pairs instead of groups of five. The cosmetology department received 15 styling kits, and the plumbing section got pipe-threading machines and hand tools. According to department heads, more students have inquired about enrolment since the new equipment arrived.
Activities:

  • Convened a three-hour planning meeting with tutors and management

  • Reviewed equipment and material needs across eight departments

  • Agreed minimum practical training requirements and departmental budgets

  • Requested and reviewed three quotations for each item

  • Procured tools and consumable materials for eight vocational areas

  • Distributed equipment to departments for immediate use in lessons

Zvobgo Doreen a student in the cosmetology department said:

I am happy with the new equipment and materials we received as a department which will improve our training in practical work.

We will assess how the equipment is being used after the current semester ends in March 2026, gathering feedback from tutors and students to inform any additional procurement needs.

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