Barclays Bank Zambia PLC has officially commissioned the K3.2 billion students hostel accommodation at the University of Zambia (UNZA) Ridgway campus.
The new hostel block with a capacity of 60 bed spaces is aimed at addressing the current accommodation problems being faced at the institution.
Speaking during the commissioning in Lusaka today, Education Minister Dora Siliya reiterated Government’s commitment towards providing quality education and increasing access at all levels.
ZANIS reports that Ms. Siliya however, said this could only be achieved if there were concerted efforts from both the Government and other stakeholders in improving infrastructure development.
She explained that Government has taken it upon itself to ensure that access to education at all levels was improved and has since embarked on infrastructure development throughout the country.
She cited the construction of new Secondary Schools in all the provinces and also the provision of funds to public universities under the infrastructure development budget line as some of the initiatives that are targeted at improving the education sector.
The Minister further thanked Barclays Bank Zambia for supporting the education sector in its social corporate responsibility programmes.
Ms Siliya added that the donation of K3.2 billion towards the construction of student’s hostel and a further K33 million for rehabilitation of the old hostels is a true and practical expression of social corporate responsibility that other institutions must emulate.
And Barclays Bank Zambia PLC Chairperson Jacob Sikazwe reaffirmed his company’s continued support to the Education sector in the country.
Mr. Sikazwe said the Bank through its social responsibility would continue to provide sustainable programmes that meet the interest of customers and communities where it operates from.
He also disclosed that the company has set up a scholarship fund to support the education of economically disadvantaged students both at UNZA and the Copperbelt University noting that so far, 30 scholarships have been offered.
Earlier, Chairperson of the UNZA Council Tukiya Kankasa Mabula said infrastructure played an important role in the university’s ability to offer and deliver quality education programmes and to conduct research.
Dr. Mabula noted that the infrastructure requirement at the university had in the past years stagnated due to financial constraints which resulted in shortages in student’s accommodation.
She added that student population at the institution had also increased to 13,000 in 2010 from 3,000 in the 1970s adding that the university was only able to accommodate 3,191 students leaving more than 7,000 unaccommodated.
She thanked Government and other partners like Barclays Bank for responding positively to the challenges of infrastructure development for the education sector.
ZANIS
Did you say 60 (sixty) bed spaces? If so then this Govt is really disgusting. How can building a hostale of 60 take over 6 years? They have been building that block since feb 2004. It i shameful that Siliya went to attend when her Gvt did not contribute so that atleast 1000 rooms could have been built in these 6 years worsted. Barclays gives the donation and she goes togain political mileage. Whats wrong with this Gvt?
NO IMAGE FOR THIS HOSTEL. IS IT A FEAR OF SECURITY BREACH AS IN UNIP WHERE YOU NEVER TOOK ANY PHOTO.
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#1 come on. give them a break. 10 beds per year is not that bad for african standards
$640,000 for probably 30 small rooms (60 beds) that do not have self contained bathrooms is not very convincing. Its better than nothing though. Thank you for trying.
#1, I don’t know how much you know about UNZA. But I was there in my final year in 2004. Are you sure about when they started building, or you are talking out of your a$$? The problem with the goons that blog on LT is that they are the super morons that had the misfortune of learning about the internet. Do your research before you act like you know everything; because you bother the rest of us that do.. FULLSTOP
THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING EASE ACCOMMODATION PROBLEMS AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL. AS USUAL THE GOONS IN PF SEE AS A CHALLENGE AND WANT TO SHOOT IT DOWN THEY SEE NO GOOD SHAME UPON YOU. GIVE CREDIT WERE ITS DUE. I KNOW IT PAINS YOU TO SEE MMD SCORE SUCCESS AFTER SUCCESS.
#1 AND #3 CHILOMBO you give the picture you have never been to unza. sour grapes kaponya PF just wait and see as MMD govt completes tarring roads in chalala. Im sure your pants will be full of amafi to see this suburb glitter with good roads and plush bangalows owned by civil servants thanks to FTJ for home empowerment
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