Education ministry tackles classroom backlog
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Education minister Anna Nghipondoka says the growing backlog of classrooms at public schools across the country poses a major challenge to the ministry.
The situation is worsened by the annual learner population growth, which is outpacing budgetary allocations, she said.
To bridge the gap, the ministry has undertaken the construction of 510 classrooms and 70 ablution blocks nationwide with targeted funding from government.
In a statement read on her behalf by Zambezi Region governor Lawrence Sampofu at the recent handover of four classrooms and a storeroom at Kahunikwa Primary School, Nghipondoka said: “We are committed to constructing more conducive classrooms for our children”.
She, however, stressed that this goal cannot be achieved in isolation and called on various stakeholders to support the cause.
"Education is a shared responsibility, and the ministry needs more 'friends of education' - such as MTC Namibia, the MVA Fund and many others - to come on board and join us on this seemingly difficult but exciting journey of knowledge and skills development of our learners, who are the architects of our country's economic emancipation in the near future."
The situation is worsened by the annual learner population growth, which is outpacing budgetary allocations, she said.
To bridge the gap, the ministry has undertaken the construction of 510 classrooms and 70 ablution blocks nationwide with targeted funding from government.
In a statement read on her behalf by Zambezi Region governor Lawrence Sampofu at the recent handover of four classrooms and a storeroom at Kahunikwa Primary School, Nghipondoka said: “We are committed to constructing more conducive classrooms for our children”.
She, however, stressed that this goal cannot be achieved in isolation and called on various stakeholders to support the cause.
"Education is a shared responsibility, and the ministry needs more 'friends of education' - such as MTC Namibia, the MVA Fund and many others - to come on board and join us on this seemingly difficult but exciting journey of knowledge and skills development of our learners, who are the architects of our country's economic emancipation in the near future."
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