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Invest more in education—Irish ambassador

Irish Ambassador Aine Hearns has urged government to invest more in education, with a special focus on educating girls.
She made the call on Wednesday at Kaseye Girls Secondary School in Chitipa when she toured a project financed by well-wishers from the Republic of Ireland.
Children_in_schoolHearns said government’s efforts in promoting education were appreciated, but more has to be done to ensure that educational institutions have a conducive environment for girls.
“When you commit resources towards girls’ education, you mould a nation of equality between men and women,” she said.
The ambassador deplored tendencies by some parents who discriminate girls in education provision, preferring boys.
A councillor from Dundalk Town in Ireland, Peter Savage, donated $53,875 (K24.2 million) to the school.
The financial assistance was used to construct a headmaster’s house, a girls’ hostel, Form Four classroom block, procurement of modern beds, television set, books and installation of solar panels.
Chitipa district commissioner Grace Zione Chirwa thanked the Republic of Ireland for its decision to complement government efforts in promoting education standards in the country.

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  1. A progressive society will always invest heavily in education but a retrogressive one will invest in sharing of national property amongst ‘privileged thieves’ (the case of cash gate and all its current and past forms, buying of government houses at very low price-(MHC, LCC), selling of government medicine to private clinics etc). Unfortunately, MW has invested more in the latter than in the former! But am hopeful things will change for the better one day!!

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