Lusaka Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Alex Mapushi has commissioned three ablution blocks at two schools in Feira Constituency, Luangwa District, constructed at a cost of over K1.9 million under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
The facilities include one block at Mandombe Primary School and two at Mwavi Secondary School, catering for both girls and boys.
Mr Mapushi said the demand for more infrastructure has been driven by increased school enrolment following the government’s free education policy.
He noted that the new ablution blocks will end open defecation practices and improve hygiene and sanitation in schools.
“These ablution blocks that have been constructed and handed over to the school will end the open defecation practice that has been practiced due to lack of a modern water borne infrastructure,” he says.
He urged school management and learners to safeguard the infrastructure, stressing that proper care will help prevent diarrheal diseases such as cholera.
Mandombe Primary School Headteacher Evelyn Njobvu appealed for more teachers’ houses, while Mwavi Secondary School Headteacher Christopher Kabamba requested a kitchen and dining hall for the school’s 613 pupils, including 400 boarders who currently eat under trees.
