Week 6 – Stakeholder Mapping

Welcome to Stakeholder Mapping, the last part of our first stage in the lab. Here, we want to establish who else is affected by the problem of educational inequalities in Zimbabwe besides ourselves and our fellow community members. In completing this stage, let us note every actor/stakeholder that has the power to influence/change this problem and be as specific as possible in identifying and listing them. We have developed a concise survey to guide us in the mapping.

Here is the survey link: https://forms.gle/fkw2ziBWxBKXizTp8

Happy mapping!

Outcome

Stakeholders Identified

Category of stakeholders	Stakeholders	Actions they should do	Communication with them
State Actors	The Government of Zimbabwe	-There is a need to use both digital and analogue media. Firstly, we reach out to the stakeholders affected by the situation, and they lament how they are affected. -Then, we use these reports (be it digital or analog) to give them to the responsible authorities by submitting them at their offices. -The ongoing budget consultations give a great platform for advocacy -Through the SIVIO could write a paper of key demands based on educational inequalities.	-Advocacy -Emails and phone -Lobby and advocate -Legislative
	Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.	-They need to be transparent and accountable about how they do resource mobilisation and how they distribute resources meant to finance education inequalities in Zimbabwe. -Through availing necessary funds for resourcing purposes. Including an increase in salaries for teachers	-They need to repeal the Amendment of State Universities Statues Act 2022 to allow academic freedom in State Universities so that proper research can be done on the rot and struggles affecting inclusive access to education.
	Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education	-They need to allow more non-state actors to help them by offering inclusive access to primary and secondary education. They further need to be more transparent in the fees that learners pay and if the fees equate to educational development. -Menstrual wear should be readily available for the girl child at school, schools should be menstrual-friendly and have adequate sanitation facilities and water supplies	Through parliament portfolio on education. And lobbying individual parliamentarians.
	Ministry of Primary and Secondary	There is a need to use both digital and analogue media. Firstly, we reach out to the stakeholders affected by the situation, and they lament how they are affected then we use these reports (be it digital or analog) to give them to the responsible authorities by submitting them at their offices.	-Through parliament portfolio on education. And lobbying individual parliamentarians. -Emails
	Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare	-They need to invest more resources into researching the effects of education inequalities in societies and how it will affect the social welfare of the state and country including their own goals and how it will hinder the National Development Strategy
	Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.	-The laws and acts passed in Parliament like the Amendment of State Universities Statues Act need to be repealed as well as the PVO Amendment Bill as they hinder the work of non-state actors to help the legal system effect the necessary change in policies and then address education inequalities.
Non-State Actors	Communities	-Transformation of community mentality in advanced learning for all children	Advocacy
	Development Agencies	-Developmental agencies to support government initiatives and also sponsorship of underprivileged children	Advocacy
	Parents	-Parents must support schools by paying fees. Volunteering at schools and providing services to schools	Emails and phone
	Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.	-To do their work effectively they need to work with other civic society organizations like Transparency International and Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt Development. ZACC might seem to be underresourced, but they are heavily resourced because there is state and Government partisanship and factionalism in ZACC they might become ineffective in investigating Corruption and leading to arrests.	There is a need to use both digital and analogue media. Firstly, we reach out to the stakeholders affected by the situation, and they lament how they are affected then we use these reports (be it digital or analogue) to give them to the responsible authorities by submitting them at their offices.
	City Council Officials.	-Each city council has a district office that administers certain wards and districts. They need to gather information on how many of the children and eligible schoolgoers are supposed to be in school and are not then how they would want to be assisted.
	Civic Society Organizations and Business	-Businesses should be able to partner with Civic Society Organizations to request accountability for how their taxes are being used and how much of their taxes are being used to build an educated populace that can help businesses make a profit and grow. -NGOs to lobby for fairness in the education system.
	Citizens	-Citizens to actively participate in advocating for equality in education -Community members can develop petitions to Parliament highlighting the struggles they face within their communities in their quest for academic development. Citizens should also rally behind the development of a corporate social responsibility model that will ensure that the corporations operating at the grassroots plough back into their host communities.	We can conduct ward-based capacity-building activities to sensitize the members of the communities. We can engage the people even through social media We can also work through the organizations that the members of the hub represent
	International actors	International actors advocate for international best practices in the education system making sure that all citizens access the quality and relevant education.