Tanyaradzwa Rusike
Empowering young women and girls will help the country sustainably eradicate gender-based violence (GBV) and inequality.This was said by Impact Training Institute International (ITI) executive president Professor Elias Chakabwata during the institution’s 6th graduation ceremony held in Harare yesterday.
Forty-five grandaunds were conferred with certificates and diplomas in supervision and management, pastoral studies, leadership and strategic planning, cosmetology and community development during the ceremony.
In total, 53 percent of the graduands were females, while males accounted for the rest.
Prof Chakabwata said empowering the girl child through education helps equip her with self-sustenance skills.As Impact Training Institute, we strongly believe that the girl child must be equipped; she must be empowered in order to sustain herself and to be able to live in this competitive world,” he said.
“We are living in days where there is an increase in crimes of passion.
“So, we endeavour to make sure that the girl child is able to stand on her own and be her own boss.We encourage the girl child to go as far as she can and excel in whatever she wants to do.”
He said the institute’s mandate was to impart life-changing principles and skills that enable students to be competitive in various fields.
“The graduates today are drawn from various faculties like theology, pastoral studies and humanities, and our curriculum is designed to raise, capacitate and equip world changers.“
We want our students to contribute meaningfully to the developmental agenda of the country, so we are equipping them with practical skills,” said Prof Chakabwata.
The Christian-based institution, which is an affiliate of the Association of Independent Christian Colleges and Seminaries America, offers a range of developmental certificates and diplomas.
