Gweru Polytechnic Institute
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Gweru Polytechnic College is a technical college located in the
Midlands Province Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,614,941 (2012). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as of ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
, providing over 60 courses in five divisions. The college is located 1.5 km north of
Gweru Gweru is a city in central Zimbabwe. Near the geographical centre of the country. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Northern Ndebele people, Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high ...
city centre. Its focus is technical education and training for industry and commerce in Zimbabwe. Gweru Polytechnic offers teaching to more than 2000 students. Its five divisions deliver certificates and diplomas. The divisions are Commerce, Engineering, NASS, Education, and Applied Sciences. Since 1999, Gweru Polytechnic and Humber Business School have worked together to promote the development of small business in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Humber business faculty have visited Zimbabwe to conduct seminars and workshops on needs assessment and curriculum development, and Humber postgraduate business students have completed 8-week summer field placements in Zimbabwe. Gweru Polytechnic is the only college that offers Diploma in Technical and Vocational Education in Zimbabwe hence it is the only college training Lecturers in the country.


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Humber Business School Gweru partnership
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