Livingstone, Jan 12, Provincial Education Officer, Festus Mungo has said there is need to build more schools in Southern Province in order to cater for the growing enrollment numbers.
Mr. Mungo said Southern Province, Lusaka and Copperbelt Provinces have continued to capture a huge number of new school entrants as compared to other provinces in the country.
He said inadequate school infrastructure has resulted into limited places in Grades 8 and 10.
Mr. Mungo further said his office was keen on improving educational standards in the province but bemoaned limited school infrastructure in the province.
He however pointed out that programmes are underway to have more schools constructed in the province.
“My office will soon be going round to monitor school construction projects that are currently taking place all over the province,” he said.
And Mr. Mungo has observed that the introduction of High Schools has in some way contributed to limited Grade Eight places in schools.
He said the fact that High Schools only take up Grade Ten pupils has reduced chances for Grade Eight pupils to find school places in areas where basic and secondary schools are non existent.
One day Zambia will be free from the MMD. Only then can we think of development. L/stone is a tourist capital. But the infrastructure is so delapdated. Nothing has been done since KK left. A few months ago, I learnt that there is a private University that has been opened in L/stone. Imagine, the lower education is supposed to be the feeder to this unveristy. But alasi!. where will the pupils come from to enroll at this University? Saki the member of Paliarment has sold the people of L/stone with the state councilship he was give by RB. I cant wait for 2011
One day Zambia will be free from the MMD. Only then can we think of development. L/stone is a tourist capital. But the infrastructure is so delapdated. Nothing has been done since KK left. A few months ago, I learnt that there is a private University that has been opened in L/stone. Imagine, the lower education is supposed to be the feeder to this unveristy. But alasi!. where will the pupils come from to enroll at this University? Saki the member of Paliarment has sold the people of L/stone with the state councilship he was given by RB. I cant wait for 2011
#1, I agree with you entirely. Zambians have been cheated and taken too much for granted for too long by these crooked, thieving so called leaders. Sometimes I even wonder why they even pretend to present the ‘national budget’ when the allocated funds end up in their pockets.
You think Sata will be any different?