The Ministry of Higher Education has handed over the site for the construction of two lecture theatres at a cost of 14.4 million Kwacha at the University of Zambia.
The Lecture theaters, with 500 seating capacity each, will be built for the school of Engineering by WAH Kong Enterprises Limited and is expected to be completed within 10 months.
Ministry of Higher Education Department of Planning and Information Assistant Director Kondwani Mutelekesha says the project is part of the 33.8 million dollars concessional loan from the African Development Bank.
Ms. Mutelekesha said that part of the money has been used to rehabilitate lecture theatres in the school of Engineering and advanced training of lecturers.
Ms. Mutelekesha said that the development is part of the support to science and technology training projects meant to increase training access for science-related programs.
Ms. Mutelekesha said that equipment has also been procured under the project and construction of infrastructure at other institutions of higher learning across the country for science-related programs.
Meanwhile, the University of Zambia School of Engineering Dean Micheal Mulenga said the lecture theatres, once constructed, will increase enrollment to about three thousand students.
Dr. Mulenga thanked the government for support.
He further said the intervention will help increase income generation because the school will be able to offer more courses.
Good development and more to come because No walahi. All that matters is that come 2021 vote share will be: EC Lungu- 80% HH- 5%, others : 5%.
You cannot polish a turd! Just saying!
Waste of money. Those hooligans will destroy it with poop and stones if they don’t get allowances on time. Let them learn under the tree that’s what they deserve!
what’s the point? you never use the local engineers even for the simplest of projects you get a Chinese or some other foreign national
you can have universities and colleges coming out of the ying yang, as long as there’s no primary industrial sectors to hire them, it’s nothing to brag about.
500 capacity, why building two monsters instead of four or five lecture theatres that can be used by many departments? Very soon PF will sell UNZA to the Chinese. This government cannot raise money to construct any building for Zambians
I hope the UNZA employees and retirees have been paid their dues.
blocking comments again
Honestly, Kaizer Zulu is dillusional, it’s crazy! Just how could any normal person with five well functioning senses see sense in all this malfeasance obtaining in the corridors of power today? We have a seriously tanking economy because of exposure to a vicious cycle of kleptocracy laced with an unprecedented level of corruption and incompetence! This PF stinking charade will end terribly, people in PF like Lungu and Kaizer will pay the ultimate penalty for all this treachery. You will be hanged by your necks until pronounced dead by a doctor!
The contract is given to the Chinese for obvious reasons! When will this government think of empowering its own citizens?? The Chinese are prepared to do what a Zambian contractor won’t do so gets awarded the contract!
The contract is given to the Chinese for obvious reasons! When will this government think of empowering its own citizens?? The Chinese are prepared to do what a Zambian contractor won’t do so gets awarded the contract!
The contract is given to the Chinese for obvious reasons! When will this government think of empowering its own citizens?? The Chinese are prepared to do what a Zambian contractor won’t do so gets awarded the contract!
The contract is given to the Chinese for obvious reasons! When will this government think of empowering its own citizens?? The Chinese are prepared to do what a Zambian contractor won’t do so gets awarded the contract!
The contract is given to the Chinese for obvious reasons! When will this government think of empowering its own citizens?? The Chinese are prepared to do what a Zambian contractor won’t do so gets awarded the contract!
Only good news about UNZA Ihv heard in a long time.
You have 500 kids in one lecture nowaday s nowadays? God help the kids
Why not expand the institution to other parts of the country to offset the imbalance of universities around the country. Surely 2000 more students concentrated in one area is a recipe for future disruptions and perhaps a strategic weapon of mass destruction of the immediate surrounding areas of the institution? Positioning the university subsidiaries in all parts of the country would maintain and uphold the values and traditions of the institution and at the same time segment the management of the expanded organization.
@KZ, this is confirmation that you hold back development to seek being re-elected? why not build and then talk about your legacy? You see, KK’s legacy will never be matched because he made an impact on every Zambian today, including the unborn ones. We are the beneficiaries of his vision so what’s with the selfishness of holding people who give you a mandate to govern to ransom in that way?
Kaizaer is kapinya. Come 2021 all mediocre corrupt arrogant thugs of PF will be locked up. Look at Madison Finance, Mr Sikutwa has shown same arrogance while not paying us salaries for 4 months. He dared us to go and report to labour commissioner. He boasted of Lungu in his pockets. He has told off Atlas Mara, Investrust Bank and Cavmont to whom he and Madison Asset Management, Madison general, Madison Life owe billions of Kwacha. Somebody knowck at BOZ and Pensions and Insurance Authority fr us.
Borrowing continue unabated. Economy shutdown on the horizon. Pipos buy dollars and hold in cash or overseas and prepare for Zim 2 in Zombie land.
Having two by 500 seating capacity buildings is a miss. Why not construct 10 lecture theatres out of that.
500 capacity of lecture theatre is a great miss as stated by thinkers above. Look those rooms or hostels as you may want to call them are at stand still and yet thousands of students risk lives everyday in the night to kalingalinga disaster rooms they are renting.
By the way its not about the construction but the cut the Minister gets after the bill has passed.
Disaster!
The better distribution would have been one 500 capacity lecture theater and three 100 and four 50 capacity classrooms.
With a 2×500 distribution, you will only have a maximum of 2 classes taking place at the same time.
With a 1×500 + 3×100 + 4×50 distribution, you will have 8! classes taking place at the same time.
With the latter more programs could be covered which simply would mean an additional income stream to your school.
Borrowed money is expensive, use it wisely.