Minister of Education, Dora Siliya, has condemned the riotous behavior exhibited by pupils at Petauke Boarding High School recently.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Petauke Central constituency office and made available to ZANIS today.
Pupils at Petauke Boarding High School on Sunday night rioted and extensively damaged the school administration block, the computer laboratory and the girls’ dormitory.[quote]
The pupils accused the school administration of not explaining the circumstances that allegedly led to the deaths of mathematics teachers at the school every year.
Ms. Siliya, who is also Petauke Central Member of Parliament, said in a statement that pupils should have used proper channels to air their grievances rather than rioting.
She said the damage caused to the school infrastructure will still fall back on them for repair works.
She said government would not pay for vandalized infrastructure because it was spending a lot of money on constructing new schools.
Ms. Siliya urged the school administration and the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) to quickly ascertain the extent of damage and ensure that the pupils that were involved in the riot paid for the repair of the school infrastructure.
The Minister also appealed to the pupils and the community to appreciate the school property and have a sense of ownership by guarding it jealously.
Police have since released the three pupils that were on Sunday arrested for riotous behaviour but have continued with investigations in the matter.
ZANIS
Dora needs our support. If you have ideas that will make our education system better, pass them on to her. It is called development. Zambia needs the dynamics that this generation has.
Insulting Dora only shows our ignorance. Lets put our money where our mouths are.
This girl Dora’s brains are squarely between her legs and with vimasilu like her wielding power in the corridors of state alongside Kakulu Munshila, no wonder Zambia is doomed! It’s also sad to see how tribally inclined Banda’s head really is. I mean, the goofy snob truly thinks he is Zulu that’s why since he became president he is so keen to bring Zuma and King Mswati to attend the Ncwala ceremony. One wonders why he does not invite Ian Khama of Botswana and King Letsie III of Lesotho to attend the Kuomboka because for all I know, they still speak the same language whereas our Ngonis cannot understand a single word “mushini wami” is firing. Well, maybe Banda wants to donate Dora to Zuma, ati a mushini wami usuke munkhondo sure!