EDUCATION UNDER SP TO GET A 25 PERCENT BUDGET ALLOCATION
Our current higher education system in Zambia was inherited from the colonial period. And the nature of this education is not liberating and does not truly serve the complex present day needs of our people and growing population.
How do we explain the gaps between those who are graduating from university and the deepening poverty in our society? Is this higher education designed to serve the needs of our people and are we producing graduates that are equipped with skills to navigate the growing complex world? These are questions we need to address as a society.
Higher education is a very key component for our national development process that requires urgent attention. The students that get into universities and colleges are the best cream we have in terms of contributing to a well equipped and developed country. In this regard, we need a system change that favours and not blame our students. A system that centres on quality education that prepares graduates to change our country, Africa and the world.
As such, not only will the Socialist Party in Government ensure that university or higher education is free, but it will also build on and support processes and initiatives that are transforming our education sector to be in line with the needs of our people.
We need to invest heavily in this sector to ensure that we develop a student that can qualitatively contribute to job creation, innovation and research.
For this reason the Socialist Party will allocate 25 percent of the national budget to the education sector.
Fred M’membe
President of Socialist Party
Queer is confused. A sensible NGO like yours would have been offering positive criticisms. Critic and offer solutions.
But the hatred in you and others cloud your thinking.
Calculate cost of free education and bursaries govt is giving as a percentage of the national budget!
Zambia is not for experiments, UPND government is already doing a lot on education and is already allocating the 25% percent you are talking. It’s delusional to think that people can stop believing in what they are seeing and start believing in your pipe dreams. You already have history of tax evasion, what guarantee can you give us that the money for development will be there.