Zambia: The Zambia Mission Fund Canada (ZMFC) has asked the government of Zambia to deploy teachers at Nalubamba Secondary School in Kalomo District. The school which is situated in the Southern Province has been recently upgraded with funds generated from a grant.
The Zambia Mission fund was supported by the Church of Christ in this noble endeavor. The organization is worried about the situation of the education facilities in the district schools.
They have been witnessing a shortage of government hired teaching staff at the school. The authorities have also shared that the situation is not ideal with respect to the needs of the community.
ZMFC Community Development Coordinator, Ruhtt Mbumwae says the school has only four government teachers. Meanwhile, 14 teachers are being paid by the Mission Fund. She said that this situation she described is not in conformity with the public private partnership concept.
Mbumwae made the remarks during the handing -over ceremony of a 1×3 classroom block funded by the ZMFC.
“This school started in 1998 as a community one but now that it has been upgraded to a secondary school owing to a huge number of learners around this area, we are now asking for teachers at this institution. We are further appealing to the government to also absorb some grant paid teachers at the institution,” adds Mrs. Mbumwae.
Meanwhile, school Head Teacher, Chifuwe Jaani has requested for connectivity to the electricity grid saying that the computers that the institution is using relies on solar power.
And officiating at the handing over ceremony, Kalomo District Commissioner, Joshua Sikaduli acknowledged the challenges the school is facing assuring that his office will work with relevant authorities to address some of the operational hurdles at the learning institution.
The Zambia Mission Fund Canada has a number of schools in Kalomo with Butale primary being one of them in complimenting the government’s efforts in providing free education to the learners.
Other partners in the education sector is Response Network whose already 29 established community schools in the district have since been taken over by the government.