South Africa: A Japanese couple handed over a K300,000 one-by-three classroom block at Luyando Community School to Authorities in Chisamba District on Friday.
Tetsuya Horita says they have successfully constructed the block with support from a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Japan School Project ( JSP).
Furthermore, he asserted, “together with his wife Tomoka, were moved to help the community when he saw children learning under trees and makeshift structures, he said this during the handover of the infrastructure to Chisamba District Commissioner Joel Mboyoma in Mwapula Ward.”
Horita commended the community leaders for being proactive enough to put up makeshift structures where children could learn.
“Our desire is to see children in this community access education in a conducive environment. We hope this will, in turn, expand their possibilities,” he said.
Earlier, Mboyoma applauded the couple for partnering with the government in providing better education infrastructure to vulnerable communities.
“The government has a huge responsibility to provide education infrastructure across the country. We are really thankful for this gesture. It will go a long way in improving the levels of education in Luyando,” he said.
Mboyoma said the development will also help curb early marriages and high dropout rates among learners in the area.
Chisamba District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Samuel Kunda said the development will enable learners to access education in their vicinity.
Stressing that previously, some pupils covered distances of over 10 kilometres to access schools, Kunda said following the development, his office will deploy trained teachers at the learning facility soon.
“This school runs up to grade six and has an enrollment rate of 250 pupils. We will see to it that trained teachers are deployed to this school as soon as possible,” he said.
Last month, Chisamba district inaugrated Chipembi Girls Secondary School’s. This school is made for girlss specially.
