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Headstart Institute is a recognised institution in Zimbabwe to offer academic and technical programmes at Higher and Tertiary Education levels. The programmes offered shall be nationally and internationally recognised. In the Institute’s endeavour to offer cutting edge programmes that are relevant and meant to produce cadres who are fit for purpose in a contemporary educational environment. The Institute intends to offer a diploma in Community Development and Lifelong Learning in association with the University of Zimbabwe. Lifelong Learning is the combination of processes throughout a lifetime whereby the whole-person-body and mind-experiences, social situations, the perceived content of which is then transformed cognitively, emotively or practically and integrated into the person’s biography resulting in a continually changing person. The Institute intends to upgrade itself from just offering certificate programmes to start offering the diploma programme in August 2022. Under the Institute’s strategic aim of becoming a well-established regional Institute providing locally and internationally recognised educational programmes by 2027, the Institute envisage starting the diploma programme and upgrading to a degree programme within five years. The proposed programme empowers candidates with skills to function as facilitators, administrators, policymakers and researchers in line with Education 5.0. The Institute expects that once the programme is unveiled, it will go a long way in developing our communities by improving knowledge, skills and competencies within a personal, civic, social and employment-related perspective