About the Journal

The ATUPA Journal (ISSN Number : 3105-1227) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnic in Africa (ATUPA). It serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge, innovations, and best practices among technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions across Africa and beyond.

The journal is dedicated to advancing the quality and relevance of TVET in Africa by publishing original research, case studies, policy analyses, and reviews in areas that reflect ATUPA’s core objectives. These include:

To stimulate exchanges of experience and ideas by providing a forum for discussion of matters of common interest and arranging meetings, conferences and seminars.
To study and help improve the content and methods of teaching in polytechnics and comparable institutions and in particular the associated curricula and also to help improve the organization and management of such institutions.
To disseminate information and publications about matters of interest to member institutions, about the member institutions themselves and about education in particular subject areas.
To facilitate the movement of students and trainees between member institutions and between countries, especially for courses not available in their own countries, as well as help to administer a programme of fellowships and exchange of students and staff.
To study, in co-operation with governments and industry, the problems and needs associated with national development and with the transfer and development of technology.
To facilitate collaboration in any other ways agreed by member institutions to advance their common educational interests.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chairperson and Editor-in Chief
Mr. Tobias T. Shumba,
Lecturer, Harare Polytechnic
P. O. Box CY 407, Causeway, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
Email: tshumba@atupa-sec.org

Senior Editor
Dr. Julius Murumba
Lecturer, The Technical University of Kenya
Telephone: +254 722 892973
Email: julius.murumba@atupa-sec.org

Associate Editor
Ms. Bridgette V. Musamirapamwe,
Lecturer, Harare Polytechnic
P. O. Box CY 407, Causeway, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
Email: bmusamirapamwe@atupa-sec.org

Editors
Dr. Joseph Baya Msanzu
Director, School of Graduate Studies Technical University of Mombasa
P.O. Box 90420 – 80100, Mombasa, Kenya
Telephone: +254 41 2492222/3, +254 722327381
Email: jmsanzu@atupa-sec.org

Rabson Killion Mgawi, PhD
Head Applied Education Department
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
P/Bag 303, Chichiri
Email: rmgawi@atupa-sec.org

Mrs. Doris Mtemang’ombe
Lecturer - Applied Education Department
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
P/Bag 303, Chichiri
Blantyre 3, Malawi
Email: dmtemangombe@atupa-sec.org

Jahou Samba Faal (Dr. Hc.)
Secretary General, ATUPA
Telephone: +220 990 1838
Email: sg@atupa-sec.org