ZANEC URGES GOVERNMENT TO INVEST IN BLENDED LEARNING
By ANDREW MUKOMA
THE Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) says much as it agrees with Government’s decision to postpone the opening of schools due to the spiking cases of Covid-19, it feels that learners lost a lot during the 2020 and 2021 school calendar due to persistent closures.
ZANEC Chief Executive Director George Hamusunga has observed that the solution to the situation is that, government should start investing heavily in blended learning to allow for continuity of learning at home that can reach more than 4.4 million learners across the country.
Specifically, Mr Hamusunga said the government must consider investing in the capitalisation of the Education Broadcasting Service (EBS) to enable it broadcast education programmes countrywide.
To achieve this, he suggested that Government through the Ministry of Information and Media needs to support the Ministry of Education (MOE) to get a licence that allows EBS to air radio programmes countrywide.
This is contained in a statement released in Livingstone.
He said ZANEC expects Government in the short term to provide financial resources to all schools to enable them put in place relevant public health measures that will ensure a safe and healthy learning environment for all children once schools reopen on January 24, 2022.
