SENATES TO DETERMINE THE REOPENING OF UNIVERSITIES – KAMOKO
The Ministry of Education has clarified that the opening date for universities in the country is guided by respective boards and senates.
Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary, JOEL KAMOKO says this is opposed to the calendar of schools that are opening on the 12th February 2024.
Mr KAMOKO says universities have their own respective dates in consultation with ministries of education and health.
Mr KAMOKO said this in an interview with ZNBC News in Lusaka today.
He however said that management at all levels of education should ensure that they put in place sufficient mitigation measures in the institutions.
Mr KAMOKO also stated that guardians should also do their part amid the cholera outbreak.
ZNBC
PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS, in consultation with Ministry of Education, should certify the readiness of universities to re-open. This should not be left to senates that do not go round to check on the state of infrastructure. Otherwise, old public universities like UNZA have serious issues of water supply and sanitation. You cannot have a situation where UNZA students have to rush to East Park Mall to answer the call of nature. One wonders where they go in the night. Toilets in different schools of the university are either in in a state of disrepair or just non-functional which may help explain the high levels of staff absenteeism.