Melo News | Friday, May 24, 2024 | Lusaka ‘
Acting Minister of Education Felix Mutati says Government has doubled the amount of grants to schools in an effort to help with operations.
Mr. Mutati says government took the decision to increase the grants in order to ensure that all schools have enough resources to fully implement the Free Education Policy.
Melo Media reports that speaking as a guest of honour at the UNESCO International Symposium in Lusaka, Mr. Mutati said all schools now receive their grants at the same time.
“We send the grants to all schools at the same time and with the same amount. We increased the grant because we want to have an efficient education system,” said he said.
The acting Minister of Education said that in order to motivate teachers, salaries are also paid on time so that teachers have disposable income for their usage.
And Mr. Mutati has disclosed that Government is also working on reducing the teacher-pupil ratio from the current 1 teacher to 15 pupils to 1 teacher to 7 pupils.
“The reduction is being done to ensure that pupils have more attention from their teachers and this will in turn improve learning,” he said.
Mr. Mutati said Government wants teachers to attend to fewer pupils so that there is feedback and concentration in class.
