Northwestern Province Minister Daniel Kalenga has called on traditional leaders and parents in the Province to discourage early marriages among girl children in their chiefdoms and communities.
ZANIS reports that Mr Kalenga said both traditional leaders and parents should encourage girl children to put education as a number one priority if they were to take part in meaningful social and economic development in the province.
He said this in Solwezi yesterday during the official closing of a two- day Provincial Development Council of elders Conference under the theme “Unity of Purpose and Development “held at Solwezi collage of Education.
Mr Kalenga expressed sadness that Government’s efforts to provide education to the children were being frustrated by early marriages and low attendance to school by pupils saying the province’s development was a responsibility of all the people in the region.
He said in a quest to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) on education by 2015, Government under the infrastructure development programme under the Ministry of Education was constructing three big high schools and additional classroom blocks in existing schools in the province.
Mr Kalenga also advised the Council of elders to take keen interest and understand policies and programmes that Government was implementing in its quest to steer development in the province.
The conference was attended by former vice president Enock Kavindele,veteran politician Dr Peter Matoka,Bishop Reverend Paul Mususu, Former ambassador to Canada David Saviye,Traditonal leaders, former and current Members of Parliament and other stakeholders in the province.
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That’s the only way to develop our powerful province ,girls must get educated first before they think of sex and marriage ,period!
Thanx for this issure. Most of the cousins and young friends got into marriage without understanding first what sex and marriage means.Now 10 yrs down the line , it is devorces and suffering of children.PLS educate these people that education comes first than marriage.
why marry them? mwalipwalala imwe.. kutulya live fye.eh why marry?
KALENGA, CHIEFS CAN’T DO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING THEM TO DO. IT’S THE GOVT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES/UNIS AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY REMAIN PRE-OCCUPIED WITH CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENTS WHICH POSITIVELY SHAPE UP THEIR LIVES.