Msaka visits BSS, CI: Education ministry to provide over 50 000 desks to primary and secondary schools
Education, Science and Technology Minister, Bright Msaka toured Blantyre Secondary School (BSS) and at Catholic Institute (CI) Community Day Secondary School in Blantyre and disclosed that government.
has procured 27,450 single seat desks with chairs and 31,425 double seater desks to be distributed in the country’sprimary and secondary schools as one way of improving standards of education in the country.
Msaka handed over 100 single desks complete with chairs at Catholic Institute (CI) Community Day Secondary School.
He said government believes that primary and secondary schools were crucial for nurturing a better nation hence the need to ensure that schools have adequate teaching and learning amenities such as desks, laboratories and libraries.
“Governmentrecognizes that education with all necessary learning and teaching materials remaincritical to development. We have noticed, however, that one of the things which had not been addressed in the sector were desks, as such we decided to intervene by procuring them (desks).
“We think by supplying schools with desks, we are going to improve the learning environment of both pupils and students in various schools such that they will be able to concentrate on their studies and achieve good results,” Msaka observed.
CI Community Day Secondary School headteacher, Patricia Pondaapathanked government for the provision of desks to the school, pledging to take good care of the furniture so that it could also benefit future scholars.
She lamented lack of laboratories, library and science materials to enhance effective learning and teaching at the school.
Board Chairperson for Civil Society Education Coalition, Moses Busher commended government for demonstrating commitment towards improving the education sector through provision of desks to primary and secondary schools in the country.
“So far, we have witnessed the procurement of thousands of desks to be distributed to various schools across the country.This is a welcome development and government must be applauded for that,”he said.
“In addition, the commitment that government has shown to increase education budgetary allocation from 24 percent to 31 percent implies that funding levels have jumped from K189 billion in 2018 to K280 billion by 2010which is a positive thing in the sector,” the Chair said.
Busher pointed out that if the money allocated to the education sector was to be used prudently, things would never be the same in sector.
About K2.5 billion has been reportedly been put in palce for the procurement of the desks.
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Whilst I truly applaud you for visiting schools to see for yourselves whats happening on the ground, I would encourage you to hold your staff within the ministry to do their job so that you don’t have to distribute or handover desks to schools. Delivering desks should be a daily occurrence in schools across the country and not an event for a minister to preside over. This will expose us to the world that we are not serious with development of our people. These are the kind of things that our neighbour Zambia is always laughing at. They don’t understand… Read more »
Congrats Mr. Minister. Keep it up! Nansambo primary school in Zomba Chingale, Monyo Junior Primary School in Nsanje, Kakombwe School in Mzimba, the list is endless. Reach out to these remote schools and furnish them with desks. Otherwise, i highly commend your gesture. We have now started making strides in providing dignity to our young learners in Malawi’s public primary schools. Development is a constitutional right of every Malawian and not a favour or a privilege. KEEP IT UP MSAKA. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT !!!!!!