Northwestern Province Permanent Secretary has advised schools in the province in general to revamp the concept of production unit if they are to remain self reliant and sustainable .
Mr Mumba said the production unit concept if well utilized will help schools meet the many arising needs. He said it was for this reason that all head teachers to embrace the concept.
He added that this will help reduce dependence on government grants as it has other areas to look at.
Mr Mumba was speaking to ZANIS shortly after head teachers from selected boarding schools in the province conducted a tour of Mumena “B” basic school in Solwezi.
The school has successfully implemented the production unit concept and is currently rearing chickens, pigs and goats and also growing vegetables to sustain itself.
He said government stands ready to support income generating activities that are aimed at supplementing government efforts.
The Permanent Secretary encouraged the head teachers to borrow the idea from Mumena B basic school and reciprocate it in their schools.
Speaking in a separate interview Provincial Education Officer Jennipher Malama said that if the revenue realized from the sales is properly used it would enable the school meet the cost of paying its own utility bills.
Ms Malama said the production unit concept at her school is also helping in preparing pupils with life survival skills after completing school.
ZANIS
You want to revive child labor.
What kind of a princesses are you? You want children to resort to prostitution. Atase!
Which child labour? You want children to resort to prostitution. What a princesses! Atase!
The government must fully fund the educational sector. There is no need for PU in schools because pupils do not benefit much from such projects. Only teachers and boarding masters benefit because there is no audit. Students are used to care from the plants and animals depriving them of study time. During prep most students just sleep because they get very tired working in PU projects.
School are for expanding brain capacity of thinking not muscles. This is child labour by the way and it should not be encouraged. Encourage more libraries and reading