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What Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development is voted in Zimbabwe's budget, and what it goes on

Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development plans to spend ZiG 10.337 billion across 3 programmes. Skills Training & Development takes the most, 87.1% of it. ZiG 10.255 billion of that is voted out of the revenue fund and ZiG 81.814 million is fees the ministry keeps, which is why its programmes come to more than its vote.

Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, year by year

Zimbabwe, 2023 to 2028, ZiG

Up 567% between 2023 and 2028, from ZiG 2.12 billion to ZiG 14.15 billion.Skills Training & Development is the largest part in 2028, 87 of every 100, followed by Science Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation and Mordenisation at 6.9 and Policy & Administration at 6.1. Skills Training & Development held 93 of every 100 in 2023. 2027 and 2028 are the Treasury's own projections, not yet voted. 2023 and 2024 are what was actually counted at the year's end.

The 2026 total, part by part

ZiG 10.34 billion across 3 programmes

  • Skills Training & Development87%
  • Science Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation and Mordenisation6.9%
  • Policy & Administration6.0%
Out of every ZiG 100 in 2026, ZiG 87 is Skills Training & Development.Science Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation and Mordenisation is next at 6.9 of every 100, then Policy & Administration at 6.0.
ProgrammeShareAmount
Skills Training & Development
  • Higher Education (Universities)ZiG 6.935 billion
  • Tertiary Education (Colleges, Polytechnic,ZiG 1.87 billion
  • Quality AssuranceZiG 198.689 million
87.1%ZiG 9.004 billion
Science Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation and Mordenisation
  • Research, Development and InnovationZiG 620.763 million
  • Technology TransferZiG 76.729 million
  • Promotion and AdvocacyZiG 20.142 million
6.9%ZiG 717.634 million
Policy & Administration
  • IT ServicesZiG 93.211 million
  • Finance & AdministrationZiG 92.877 million
  • Human Resources ManagementZiG 89.328 million
  • Minister's & Permanent Secretary's OfficeZiG 86.767 million
  • Legal ServicesZiG 85.65 million
  • Internal AuditZiG 85.628 million
  • Zimbabwe National Commission forZiG 81.911 million
6.0%ZiG 615.372 million

Questions people ask

What does Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development spend its budget on?

ZiG 10.337 billion in the 2026 estimates, spent through programmes of which the largest are Skills Training & Development, Science Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation and Mordenisation and Policy & Administration.

Which programme takes most of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development's budget?

Skills Training & Development, at ZiG 9.004 billion, which is 87.1% of what the ministry plans to spend.

Does Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development spend more than it is voted?

It is voted ZiG 10.255 billion out of the revenue fund and keeps ZiG 81.814 million in fees of its own, so it plans to spend ZiG 10.337 billion in all.

Every ministry budget

Read from the Ministry of Finance, Approved 2026 Estimates of Expenditure. Every source we read