The Ministry of Education’s Director of Teacher Education and Specialised Services (TESS), Sydney Nalube, has died after collapsing while delivering a speech at the Teaching Council of Zambia in Lusaka.
The incident occurred at around 14:00 hours during the dissemination of the contextualised School-Based In-Service Teacher Training (SITT) tools.
According to eyewitnesses, Dr. Nalube suddenly collapsed while addressing participants and was seen gasping for breath before being rushed to University Teaching Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Journalist John Chaambwa, who was covering the event, described the incident as shocking.
“It was shocking for me and difficult to believe. I saw the man collapse and gasp for breath on the floor while I was covering the dissemination of the contextualised School-Based In-Service Teacher Training (SITT) tools,” he said.
Further details regarding the circumstances surrounding Dr. Nalube’s death have not yet been released. Authorities are expected to provide more information in due course.
This was clearly a heart attack the guy suffered, were there any first aid practitioners around who tried to resuscitate him onsite before taking him to hospital? Sad start.
Not necessarily. This could be just high blood pressure. LT please give us an update
This is a reminder that FIRST AID must be taught to everyone including school children.