Saturday 29 October 2011

EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PS NOTES THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION ALONE WILL BE MEANINGLESS WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISM

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PERMANENT SECRETARY DR ANDREW PHIRI HAS NOTED THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION ALONE WILL BE MEANINGLESS WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISM.
AND DR PHIRI ALSO NOTES THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITHOUT SPECIAL FOCUS ON EQUITY ISSUES.
HE SAYS IT IS WITH THIS VIEW THAT GOVERNMENT IS IMPLEMENTING EQUITY AND GENDER PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE GENDER EQUALITY IN AS FAR AS ACCESS TO EDUCATION IS CONCERNED.
SPEAKING DURING THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL EDUCATION COALITION (ZANEC) 10 YEARS OF EXISTENCE ANNIVERSARY IN LUSAKA, DR PHIRI SAYS IT IS WITH THIS REALISATION THAT THE MINISTRY HAS EMBARKED ON CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS AND NEW SCHOOLS.
DR PHIRI GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE RE-ENTRY POLICY FOR PREGNANT GIRLS WHO COME BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER GIVING BIRTH AND ALSO THE FREE BASIC EDUCATION POLICY AT PRIMARY LEVEL.
DR. PHIRI FURTHER SAYS FOR THE COUNTRY TO REDUCE THE TEACHER PUPIL RATIO, THERE IS NEED FOR GOVERNMENT TO EMPLOY ABOUT 900 TEACHERS EVERY YEAR ADDING THAT BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR ABOUT 2500 TEACHERS WILL BE EMPLOYED.
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SPEAKING AT THE SAME EVENT, ZANEC BOARD CHAIRPERSON BARBARA CHILANGWA PLEDGED HER ORGANISATION’S SUPPORT IN ENSURING THAT THE EDUCATION SECTOR IS IMPROVED AND EVERY CHILD HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION.

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