Government has embarked on the constructing project of a boarding high school in Chief Musaka’s area in Solwezi district at the cost of K24 billion.Mushindamo high school will have 12 classrooms, 20 teachers’ houses, a clinic and 4 boys and 4 girls dormitories.
The construction project is being undertaken by Huajiang Investment a Chinese company is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi has expressed happiness at the progress made so far.
Mr Fulayi said the contractor was on course despite quarry dust for making blocks coming from Lumwana which is about 220 km away from the site.The District Commissioner expressed hope that the school will be completed on schedule.
He said once the school is completed enrolment numbers are expected to be high as it will not only cater for pupils from Chief Musaka’s area but also neighbouring Chikola and Mulonga chiefdoms. Mr. Fulayi added that the school will be the second biggest boarding school after Solwezi Technical High School (SOLTECH). He said people in the three chiefdoms will greatly benefit from the school as they do not have any nearby high school.
Mr. Fulayi reiterated government’s commitment to improving the education sector and achievement of the millennium development goal on education by bringing education facilities closer to the people.
And Huajiang investment site manager Lio Kilojing assured the District Commissioner that despite the bad state of the road and the quarry dust coming from afar, the project will be completed on schedule.
Meanwhile works on the K1.2 billion Kipushi border post bordering Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is progressing well. Jaids building construction company site manager Kingston Marumisa told Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi when he visited the site that the building materials were not coming as expected due to the bad state of the Kipushi road.
Mr. Marumisa said despite minor hiccups, the project will be handed over to the government by April this year as scheduled. Speaking after checking on the works at the site Mr Fulayi told ZANIS that some omissions have been discovered such as the warehouse, strong room as well as security rooms. Mr. Fulayi said despite the omissions he was impressed with the works done so far.
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why not update existing schools?
GOOD
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Because sometimes its more expensive to update…
Remember most of the structures have been there since god know when
it will be better to have some glimpse on these so called developments so we can genuinely applaud the govt where praises are due.
That is good development for residents of Chikola and surrounding areas. What is the progress on another boarding school being built in Chief Kanyama’s chiefdom in Mwinilunga District? Could some one update me.
There are pink elephants that fly too…
It is long overdue. Twasanta bingi.
As long as the school plan is not as scattered as Ndola Girls’ Technical School which has no corridors connecting one building to another; toilets too far way from the dormitories, worse still poor infrasture and low water supply.
An opportunity for the locals to look at the plan would be helpful in many ways.