By NATION REPORTER
The Ministry of Education has embarked on a nationwide exercise of redeploying administrators in secondary and primary schools, Education minister Douglas Syakalima has said.
Mr Syakalima said the exercise, would also include Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Schools, aimed at scaling up performance between teachers and learners.
“I wish to inform the public that my ministry is making strategic changes in the management and administration of all STEM, Secondary and Primary schools across the country. The planned changes have been necessitated by the need to enhance teacher and learner performance and also promote excellence in line with the agenda of delivering quality education.” Mr Syakalima said. He said the government wanted to restore the academic esteem of schools such as David Kaunda national stem in Lusaka, Hillcrest National stem in Livingstone, and Chizongwe technical secondary school in Chipata.
The minister said in achieving these goals, Government was aware of its obligations to support schools’ infrastructure enhancement through provision of desks, lab equipment and general improvement of school surroundings. He added that the government considered education as a pillar of human capital.
“Government is determined to restore the perceived damaged reputation of public schools and improve standards that promote the education-industrial linkages that will foster innovative and entrepreneurship minds in the learners.” he added.
Mr Syakalima emphasised that deliberate measures such as reorganising school administrators is meant to re-energise the management of secondary schools. The minister called on all stakeholders who included the traditional leadership, sector unions and members of Parliament among others to continue rendering their support to the ministry’s vision of maximising the potential of education in the country. Mr Syakalima called on all school administrators to embrace the changes as they were meant to positively impact education in the country.
