Government has said it has put in place specific measures that will ensure that over enrolment in government schools is reduced.
Education Minster Geoffrey Lungwagwa said this yesterday when he carried out an inspection tour of the Ndola Girls Technical High School in Ndola yesterday.
Professor Lungwangwa explained that government had plans of building similar Technical Girls high schools in all the provincial towns in the country.
He explained that the gesture was aimed at decongesting government schools as well as empowering the girl child to enable her to contribute to the development of the country.
“It is one of the steps that government has put in place to reduce congestion and also to meet part of the gender balancing requirements for the country,” he said.
He further said that it was the wish of the government to ensure that it had a knowledge driven economy to which the female folk would play a major role.
And Copperbelt Provincial Education Officer (PEO) Muyambo Kamutumwa said most works at the Ndola Girls Technical High School were completed and that only finishing touches were remaining.
Mr Kamutumwa said teachers for earmarked subjects at the school had already been identified but that the head teacher had not yet been identified as the Provincial Permanent Secretary Mrs Jennifer Musonda had advised that a Catholic nun be identified because most nuns made very good administrators.
The PEO however said the school had not yet been electrified despite paying ZESCO in September last year.
The School, the first of its kind in the country, is set to open later this year and will house about 650 boarders.
