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Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco) has issued a directive to polytechnic colleges notifying them that Ordinary Level Mathematics will no longer be required for 30 courses.
Hexco chairperson, Dr Desire Sibanda enforced this following his boss Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Amon Murwira’s decision to cancel Mathematics and English as prerequisites for students to enter tertiary education.
Murwira’s directive has seen the following 30 courses no longer needing maths for entry level according to the Hexco chairperson:
Purchasing and Supply Management
Health Services Management
Applied Art and Design
Hairdressing
Beauty Therapy
Fashion Design
Industrial Clothing
Design and Construction
Leather and Allied Manufacturing Technology
Music
Professional Cookery
Food and Beverage Management
Bakery Studies
Tourism and Hospitality
Fine Arts
Design for Multi-Media
Dance
Office Management
Photography
Human Resources Management
Marketing Management
Secretarial Studies
Health Information Science
Library and Information Science
Micro-Enterprise Management
Theology and Pastoral Ministry
Pension Management
Payroll Management
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