The Mambwe District Education Board Office is set to begin construction of a storage facility to securely house confidential materials, including examination documents.
Mambwe District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Rodgers Champemba explained that the surge in student enrolments following the reintroduction of the free education policy has left the district with insufficient storage space for exam materials.
Mr. Champemba said that previously, the district could accommodate exam materials, however in recent times following the rolling out of the free education policy, enough space was needed.
“The free education policy has given rise to the introduction of new schools, meaning more pupils and material,” he said.
Mr. Champemba said that with this development, his office was lobbying for funds under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and from other supporting partners in order to address the storage space challenge.
He said that the planned construction of the storage infrastructure will be in accordance with the government standard description of a concrete reinforced building.
“The building will be 20.7 meters long by 7.2 meters wide with a height of 4.66,” he specified.
