The Forum for African Women Educationists in Zambia (FAWEZA) has backed calls by the Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) for the quick implementation of the abolition of grade seven (7) cut off point system.
FAWEZA National Coordinator Daphne Chimuka told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that implementing the abolition of cut off point would give many children an opportunity to go to grade eight (8).
Ms. Chimuka urged government to leave to its 1996 policy document intended to abolish the grade cut off point system of selection and bemoaned the delay in having the policy implemented.
She said the abolishment of the system should be embraced by all stakeholders in the education sector.
In 1996 the government came up with a policy document with a view to upgrade primary schools to basic schools and offer basic education from grade one to nine.
ZANIS
This will be a possitive move to give the opportunity for pupils to reach at least Grade 9. But we should be ready for ‘laziness’.
Dj your words could not be more sweet. It’s like natural honey, those that precaussion shall enjoy their labour, while the lazy careless ones shall be stung by bees and have nothing to eat. Just wisdom from the east there I share.
This is a move that should be followed by giving awareness to our children in opportunity other nations give, then showing them how powerful African intellect is, the leading students in the US last seven years are African BBC and the US cencus bureau. Then retooling the minds of the employed adults to better themselves and lose the colonial bonds tucked deep in their minds.
abolishing the cut off point at grade 7 is only possible when more schools are constructed. we should also consider those children who are not able to enrol in school because the school places are not available for them!