Radio sets provided to 46 community schools go to waste as they can’t pick ZNBC signal

THE ministry of education in Choma says the poor Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) radio reception has impacted negatively on the effectiveness of education broadcasts Pogrammes.

Speaking in Choma during a meeting with officials from the Zambia Open Community Schools, District Standards Officer for open and distance education Sara Mungala said most schools are unable to access education broadcasts because of poor ZNBC reception.

Mrs Mungala said the district has about 46 community schools that have been provided with radio sets so that children could get their education through education radio broadcasts but the facilities have turned into white elephants.

She said education broadcasts have proved effective in providing education to disadvantaged schools that have no qualified teachers.

Mrs Mungala said children at some community schools in Pemba are fortunate to access education broadcasts aired by a community radio station and were doing extremely well academically.

She however said the ministry has started deploying some teachers to some community schools to help improve the quality of education.

And speaking during the same meeting, Zambia Open Community Schools Programmes Manager Peter Sinyangwe said the organization will take up the matter with the Ministry of Education to see how best children in community schools can be assisted.

Mr Sinyangwe said the organization will explore the possibility of using the existing private radio stations with good radio reception to air education broadcasts.

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