Eastern Province Assistant Secretary (AS), Clement Chilembo, has called on responsible authorities charged with disbursing funds for secondary school bursaries to fully exhaust the money.
Mr Chilembo wondered why many vulnerable children who were eligible to be in boarding schools were still attending day school.
He said funds for secondary school bursaries are meant for vulnerable children and as such, those who scored high marks needed to be taken to boarding schools using the same money.
Mr Chilembo said this during an orientation meeting on civil service terms and conditions with government Heads of Department in Mambwe District in the Eastern Province.
He added that it was unfair that funds were not being exhausted despite the district having many vulnerable pupils who qualified to be in boarding schools.
He noted that boarding secondary schools offer a more conducive environment to learners.
Mr Chilembo further called on the office of District Education Board Secretary to help communities with the procedures of applying for secondary school bursaries.
“As you go for selection next year DEBs, those children who pass with marks suitable to go to boarding school and they are in day school, let us take stock of them, guide them on how to apply for bursary through the Ward Development Committee and submit to the council,” he said.
