Government through the 2023 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has procured 2,023 school desks at a cost of over K3.2 million in Lavushimanda District in Muchinga Province.
Speaking in an interview with the media, Lavushimanda District Public Relations Officer (PRO) Stella Simutowe said the desks were procured in order to ensure schools are equipped with sufficient desks.
Ms Simutowe explained that the desks were procured to enhance the pupils capability to learn in a conducive environment.
“Under 2023, we procured 1,606 desks going to primary and secondary schools at a total of K2,580,800 and we also procured 417 ECE desks which was going at a total cost of K625,000, with the total amounting to K3, 205, 800,” she said.
And Lavushimanda District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Beatus Nshenda noted that the development has highly motivated pupils to go to school.
He added that the procurement of desks has increased the performance of learners in schools.
“Desks have made our pupils learn in a conducive environment, they are happy to go to school because they know that they are going to sit properly than the way it used to be in the past,” Mr Nshenda stated.
He said that the government should continue providing such services so that delivery of education is improved.
And a Headteacher of Mununga Primary School in Lavushimanda District, Richard Mwenya said through the procurement of desks, enrollment has increased at his school.
Mr Mwenya said that all the classes at the school have enough desks to accommodate all learners.
“At Mununga Primary School, we previously had less than 600 learners, but as of now the number has escalated to 900 learners,” he said.
