About 30 per cent of pupils at Nakamboma Basic School in Namwala district are shunning classes because of the hunger situation which has hit the area, head teacher, Hamachila Kankobela has revealed.
And Katengwa School teacher, Fireman Jalata, has disclosed that poor sanitation at the school threatens the health of pupils as there are only three toilets to cater for 800 pupils at the institution.
Mr Kankobela told ZANIS in an interview that normal classes at the school has been affected as most pupils do not come to school due to hunger.
He said since schools opened last month the attendance of pupils has continued to drastically reduce, adding that this has posed challenges for teachers who are left with no option but to teach only the few who report for lessons.
Mr Kankobela added that there has also been an increase in girl-pupils falling pregnant thereby affected class attendance.
He called on government to assist pupils with food rations to enable them continue coming to school.
“I am appealing to government to start giving these pupils food rations for absenteeism to stop,” Mr Kankobela said.
Meanwhile, Katengwa School head teacher, Fireman Jalata said more toilets need to be constructed at the institution to improve sanitation and prevent an outbreak of water borne diseases.
Mr Jalata asid the shortage of sanitary facilities was forcing some pupils to use the bush to answer the call of nature.
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Sad ! Its diffucult to concetrate with an empty stomach!
Owe too bad
imagine have thrown away a juicy t bone steak at Matebeto market in thorn park! tommoroow I wont go there in memory of the deeacsed
Oho, sorry. they shunning skool? I thot they had died.
Hunger is everywhere now! how i long for a grilled :o)!
This is serious. We never had such cases when I went to school in Zed.
Its shame !
lazy chaps. we used to eat beans for five years every day and never shunned skoool
I like the name Fireman Jalata, I think I’ll use it as my second ID.
I’m getting tired of Nine Chale.:)>-
Just wanted to see if it works :d
OK am back to my old ID. It felt good to be someone else :d
Sad story but where is the Vp’s disaster mitigation unit ? obviously lazing around in Lusaka. the health situation pose a potential disaster !
Yes they are valid. How do you expect them to (work) learn on empty stomachs?
Brian Chituwo should read this.Isn’t this the shortage of food he’s been refuting?.
Zambia its owez negative things on the news,yaba.
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Lady Chiza atleast u used to eat beans but them are hunger stricken,no food. But kwena boarding life tayaba fair thts tabomfwa abaiche,beans na cabbage kuya kuli chi connection
Ati,ngayakosa kukosa. too bad for the innocent kids.
Future leaders,shunning classes because of the hunger situation.
Sad.
I thought they said they had a bumper harvest last year? what happened to all the maize, Aisha
Government pliz rescue the pupils. 8-|
Iliko bad pa zed,kwashala ba teacher,nabena balaleka ukuyako!
awe shuwa njala afuntika ana ku skulu shaaa!! ine ku plimaly nenze ku konda ku kumba kandolo na iceblock . ndiwe wamane enzo nikutisa maningi bwana navi tute
pliz pliz pliz help the pupils :d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/
:o:o:o:o:o:oAyamata endani kusikulu, vamushe vizabwela kusogolo…..:o:o:o:o:o:o
Yes man, Fireman, No Masobela.
Sad situation, cant constrate if your stomach keeps making those funny rumbling noises.
this is serious and thats why siometimes it feels bad like where you have to throw food coz its spent when there are some people out there that have nothing even longing for just porriedge without sugar or salt .pliz ba agricultural minister and the disaster management team do something about this,bana bafa njala
If these kids want entry to University , they should start to practice riots and damaging pipos cars.
Even me i can do the same,how can i learn with a complaining stomach, no wonder the bemba`say that akabomba akabiye kumunda meaning that the ability to perform good work depends on good nutrition
Iwe Lady Chiza, they are not dead. atleast you used to eat beans but for the its dry my friend not even a mango or masuku.
De only Fireman me know a de one Capleton. Anyway, must ha fe get sumting inna yu belly before yu can get sumting inna yu head, seen?
Nine Chale #9,10,11 you made me laugh.some of these names..lol =))=))
Hunger is for all. Kids, adults, they all feel the pang of hunger. Means they can all shun classes, jobs etc. Hunger knows no age, sex, creed or colour.
There is one province out of all nine that keep asking for relief food!It is an indication of failure of agricultural extension workers or failure of these people to master basic elements of specie survival.For, even proconsul learned that if you have no rain, plant katapa.
Now we have another situation of school absenteeism driving these people further back to early hominid existence.
Govt should find ways of helping villagers by giving them small loans to venture in different financial generation ventures to support farming. @};-@};-@};-@};-**==@};-
does it snow in australia some one to answer that question for me.
#Its true….we used to eat boiled groundnuts as relish at boarding school but we never complained or shunned classes…… :o:o
#8, #37 meant for you..
#8 Do you know why you never shunned skool??? because you were extremlly full with beans. but these pupils are hungry meaning at the moment they are forcasing on finding food and not learning.