Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has bemoaned congestion in the city\u2019s schools which needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n
LCC Chief Executive Officer Moza Zeleza noted this on Friday during the council\u2019s stakeholder\u2019s engagement and networking cocktail at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n
He said the council is managing 57 public primary schools with a student\u2019s enrolment of 150,000.<\/p>\n
Zeleza said the current teacher-pupil ratio is 1:85 while the ideal one is 1:60 and the pupil to desk ratio is 18:1 while the ideal is 2:1.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to build school blocks for these pupils but it takes money and time. In the interim we wish to put up learning shelters that would enable the pupils learn under a shade,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He explained that learning shelters constructed under community initiatives cost approximately K4 million and cater for 60 pupils.<\/p>\n
Zeleza said desks are also imperative particularly during national examinations for 8 pupils and a good quality desk costs around K20,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease support us to help these pupils learn in a conducive environment. They are the future of this country,\u201d he appealed.<\/p>\n
Lilongwe Mayor Desmond Bikoko said the council needs more investment avenues in the education sector in order to overcome some of the challenges it is facing.<\/p>\n
He said the current situation requires financial and material support to eradicate some of the issues highlighted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is my wish to make sure that the city transforms itself for the better. We can only do that if more stakeholders are engaged and involved at all levels. Hold me accountable on this and I\u2019m keen to ensure the city is face-lifted during my term,\u201d Bikoko suggested.<\/p>\n
Ministry of Education officials were not available to comment on the issues highlighted during the meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has bemoaned congestion in the city\u2019s schools which needs to be addressed. LCC Chief Executive Officer Moza Zeleza noted this on Friday during the council\u2019s stakeholder\u2019s engagement and networking cocktail at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe. He said the council is managing 57 public primary schools with a student\u2019s enrolment of 150,000. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43746,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43741\/revisions\/43746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}