Chiradzulu Reviews district education plan

Different stakeholders in Chiradzulu recently met at Chiradzulu Secondary School to review the district’s education plan.

According to the plan, Chiradzulu district education manager Charles Sakwata said they are expected to build 60 houses for teachers.

“Our district education plan shows that we are supposed to build 60 houses for teachers. So far, 37 have already been constructed and five are under construction,” said Sakwata.

He said the aim of the meeting—attended by school management committees, traditional leaders, parents-teachers associations (PTAs) and Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu Central Philomena Kasangwe—was to sell the plan to different players in the district and solicit their support.

“We want people to appreciate what we have so far done and challenges being encountered so that together we can find ways of dealing with the problems,” he said.

Sakwata said most teachers walk long distances to their duty stations which disrupts classes, especially during the rainy season.

“Some fail to report for duty as they cross rivers which get flooded when it rains,” he said.

Sakwata also said lack of school blocks and a big teacher-pupil ratio are some of the teething problems in the district.

“If there are 100 pupils in my class, how can I give special attention to each one of them?” asked Sakwata.

During the review meeting, stakeholders visited Mbombwe Junior Primary School to appreciate challenges it faces.

They saw that while some pupils learn in a church building belonging to Mbombwe CCAP, others take classes under trees.

The teachers’ housing construction project is being funded by the Local Development Fund.