Malawi: Director of Education, Youths and Sports for Kasungu District, Joseph Chioza has reflected on the importance of says good school infrastructure. The Director of Education said that it is key to ensuring access to quality education and safety of learners in schools.
Chioza made these remarks on Monday, April 28. At the time he was presiding over the official opening of newly constructed Chikaka Primary School. The school has been constructed in the area of Senior Chief Chisemphere in Kasungu.
The modern infrastructure of the school will attract more students to enroll in the schools.
The members of the council are doing everything in their power to ensure that no child learns under a tree. They are constructing more classroom blocks and new schools in some cases.
The Ministry of Secondary and Basic Education wants to construct the highest quality of schools in the communities. They are dedicated to providing quality education to the people of the country.
The children should not be forced to learn under tree shade as it is unsafe for them.
“We are making double-shift arrangements where some learners come in the morning and others in the afternoon as a way of reducing congestion in classes and achieve the standard teacher-pupil ratio in Kasungu,” he added.
Group Village Headman Kampaliro said that the construction of the new school will reduce distances that learners used to walk.
The closest schools are located at five kilometres which is too much distance for learners. The students especially those in the lower most classes cannot afford to travel long distances. As such the construction of the school is a welcome development for the students
The adminstration is happy to note that the school is closer so that it is easy for the students to travel.
MP Kasungu North Constituency, Mike Bango thanked the communities for their support and participation in the project. He has since urged the people to take care of the school building and other infrastructure.
He said government will add more blocks and teachers’ houses in the 2025/26 financial year.
With funding from the World Bank through the Governance to Enable Service Delivery Project, Kasungu District Council invested K238 million to construct the school, which has one block with two classrooms and an office, toilets, one staff house and a borehole.
Kasungu is one district in the country with over 300,000 learners and at least 4,000 teachers.