VICE-PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has disclosed that government, through the Ministry of
Education, has set aside K10.6 billion for damaged school infrastructure and community schools across the country.
The Vice President said this when he made an on-the spot check on Batoka High School that
is being constructed with the help of the community in the area.
Mr Banda assured the local community that the school would be completed and disclosed that the Ministry of Education has allocated K10.6 billion to be used on school infrastructure that has been damaged by natural causes as well as community schools across the
country.
He observed that poverty and hunger could only be overcome if the country had well educated citizens.
And speaking earlier, Choma District Education Board Secretary (DEBS), Anna Masilani, said teachers have already been recruited, adding that government would soon be releasing money for the completion of the community high school.
Ms Masilani said 1×3 classroom blocks and teachers’ houses were under construction.
The Vice-President who was in Southern Province to visit flood-hit areas and resettlements in the district, has since left for Lusaka by road.
He was seen off by Southern Province Minister Danniel Munkombwe, Southern Province Permanent Secretary Darius Hakayobe and other senior government officials.
Finally the gov’t is doing something we can be proud of. But K10 billion is not enough. More money needs to be allocated to education. The Asian countries developed because they put a lot of money in Education and thats we need to do in this nation becuase through education, we can tackle a lot of things like corruption, poverty and AIDS. But otherwise, right on gov’t
I hope these Monkeys will release the money soon, otherwise they are likely to call for tender boards which will then report that they have failed to find contractors. such is their behaviour!!
there is too much of beauracracy in our country!!!!!!!!!
I hope so too!!!!
Why is that in Zambia everybody thinks they are experts on everthing. There is no humility in Zambia at all.
Even the Zambian who live abroad seem to learn nothing in terms of how countries that have develped are organized organized. I gues even when you are abroad it is question of who hang out with. How can a country move forward ? Show me a country which has developed with mediocrity. Any county that has gone forwar uses its brain power. In most countrieswhen a problem happens people seek experrts and then comment. In Zambia everybody is a lawyer economist, doctor etc. Comments often exhibit a lack of even rudumentary understanding of how things work. With this kind of attitude we will continue using hoes and axes to farm when no one in Asia, Latin America Europe is engaged in that.
Cheese,
You sound too green if not just naive and over confused in your perspective for the homeland. I know not one saying he is a jackal of all trades in Zambian Governance and developmental blue print. I believe you have heard leaders calling for inclusiveness in moving the nation forward and still sponsoring hundreds of potential Zambians for specialized higher-level studies around the world. Isn’t party of diversity and openness to new ideas towards a better Zambia? What do you think is the reason why Dr. Mwanawasa and the administration have been singing the same song of requesting Zambians in the Diaspora contemplating returning back home, to do so?
If you have your own misgivings about the whole issue of returning home towards national contribution, GRZ will not stop at counting on those seeing the value of their duty to the nation. Usually, anything from a Masters degree will balance one’s expected happiness. The challenge remains on every Zambian shoulder to contribute their best. You could contribute through consultancy, investment-entrepreneurship, policy advisory, and public discussions in the Economic Association, Engineers, Budgets, Farmers Unions or expert work on some Government panel.
Pragmatist you think claimning that you are a pragamatist makes you one. If you are a pragamatist how come for you all Zambia’s problems will be solved by having what you call duty whatever that means. Show me a country which has developed that way. To develop a country you need skills, capital and technology. Africa has potential but unfortunately lacks policies. People are wraped up in narrow nationalism. That is goimng to get us no where. In the world now poverty has assumed an African meaning. We need people who can dream dreanms not people who leave in a phatansy world. We have to take the challenge of poverty and not pretend that all is well and it is just foreigners exploiting us.
Cheese you are sick!!!
Hahahahahaha, you are being philosohpical for no good cause & yet you clearly know this is typical of zambian minds, if mother Zambia has to develop, we need a mind-revolution of people who ration like you!!!, honestly speaking I think you are all sick here!!!
Doctor of philosophy is typical. First he cannot deal with the issues raised so he resorts to insults. Secondly a doctor of philosophy is not necessarily a medical person. Deal with isses raised please. Tell us how you are going to develop the country without capital since you keep railing at foreign investors. How are you going to change the conditions of life for our people. They like you also want to use water borne toilets rather than go to the bush. They want to move from stone age to access to medicine, clean water etc.
Zambia is going nowhere. Its a dump. The embarrassment of Southern Africa. The country that will forever be used to portray poverty in Africa. My advice, South Africa is experiencing a skills shortage as many whites leave the country, so get your degrees and go get jobs in South Africa. At least you’ll be contributing to a sensible economy. Maybe if these gov’t MP’s lose some tax payers they’ll start to do something.
Cheese#5, How can we indeed progress when we have critics who cannot put a grammatically correct sentence together,much less spell correctly? Out of curiosity, in what manner do you currently contribute to Zambia’s evolution from a stoneage to a modernized tech-society?
Stoneage pigmy:
The spelling in not for want of knowing. It is because with this web site it seems difficult to go back and correct words typed. Again here is a person who can not deal with issues. Typical is it not. People like you have no idea what is needed to develop a country. All we hear is all this nonsense about exploiation by investors. You forget that the countries that you run too developed on capital brought by investors. With all the talk in Zambia against investors which Zambian can raise a billion dollars to develop Konkola deep. Stone age not even the governmnet can. Who do you blame for that people in Zambian villages are still going to the bush for toilet needs