The Self-Worth of Records and Archives Management Students at the National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-worth of Records and Archives Management students at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The study applied a qualitative methodology in which a case study research design and a questionnaire  were  used to gather data from a population of first, second and fourth year students in the Department of Records and Archives Management. The findings of the study show that the majority of students in the Records and Archives Management Degree programme were not confident of their degree programme. These students felt that they made a wrong decision by enrolling into the Records and Archives Management Degree programme. This was because the majority of the students had been admitted into the Records and Archives Management Degree programme because they had failed to meet the requirements and cut-off points of their preferred degree programmes. The paper therefore, recommends a rigorous marketing of the records and archives management programme, career guidance for students, and the resuscitation of the records and archives management professional association to develop the records and archives management profession in Zimbabwe.

Keywords: Records management; Archives profession; Zimbabwe