Education Minister Dora Siliya says there is need to sort out administrative and financial issues that hinder teachers from accessing various services in the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Ms. Siliya said many teachers have faced frustrations regarding administration matters which emanate from the ministry headquarters before reaching provinces and district offices.
The Minister said there was need to change the administrative system to ensure that teachers accessed quality services from her ministry.
She said this today when she addressed teachers at Lukwesa Boarding High School in Mwense district.
She urged Heads of Departments in schools to be committed to their work and serve the teachers in the country in the quest for national development.
Ms.Siliya said it was high time teachers became serious with their work and took teaching as a noble profession because they were key players in the uplifting of teaching standards in the education sector.
She implored the teachers to be role models to children who were the future leaders.
Ms. Siliya said it was government’s desire to invest, train and motivate teachers for the development of the country.She pointed out that government in this year’s budget allocated K3.4 trillion to her ministry which would be used to address some of the challenges the ministry was facing.
The minister revealed that government has constructed 200 teachers’ houses in Luapula province while 50 more houses would be built for those teachers who don’t have accommodation.
Meanwhile, President Rupiah Banda was this afternoon expected to inspect and tour the newly constructed Lukwesa Boarding High School in Mwense district before leaving for Ndola on the Copperbelt province.
ZANIS
hmm, Dora, since when? is it becoz u ve started smelling an election? we are not fulllls! We ve heard that a million times.
cant read the page. I need sun glasses.
When corruption enters in system, nothing good comes out. Sort out first the issue of corruption!