HIGHER Education Authority Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu says the declining supply of electricity has created a crisis in the quality of higher education. And Prof Chinsembu says the Authority is distressed by the lack of professionalism of some academic staff who come to lectures and labs unprepared and dressed in tight ripped jeans. Speaking during the ongoing 6th Southern African Quality Assurance Network (SAQAN) Conference in Livingstone, Prof Chinsembu urged universities to consider converting their car parks into solar farms or convert garbage into biogas for cooking to help address the impact of electricity supply shortages. “The declining supply of electricity presents a yawning opportunity for higher education to put its best foot forward. The electricity crisis has created...