Authors : Lucky Musonda; Nsala Mauzu

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 4 - April

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25apr1971

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Abstract : Educational systems in their various forms, do save a greater purpose in any society. Education is positioned as an equalizer of society transcending its purposes in all sectors and its broader presence does pose a greater risk of its sustainability to the benefit of humanity. The study took to explore intricacies of the re-alignment of the educational system to an industry with a view to sustain its core usefulness. The re-alignment of the education system is re-envisioning an industry driven education system at higher education. The study objectively did establish the preparedness at policy level the re-alignment of an industrial based education system from both industry and educational sectors. An exploratory study design was undertaken involving a qualitative approach with a sample size of 6 participants from both the industry and education sectors. A key finding revealed that there is existence of a sectoral position and understanding for the coexistence of the two sectors with much of the contextual information relating to an outstanding widening opposites of the two than proportional to each other. It is recommended that the two sectors operationalize the re-envisioned industrial based education at higher education by overcoming wars that have been outstanding and standing on its way. A twined system of a re-envisioned industry and education sector should be the frontier of the education policy.

Keywords : Industry; Education; Re-Envisioning; Re-Alignment.

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