Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:57:47 +0000 By Chikumbi Katebe IT IS shameful, irresponsible and evil for children of well-to-do parents to be placed on bursary support at the expense of eligible and legitimate vulnerable children from poor households, says Zambia Centre for Social Development executive Lewis Mwape. Mr Mwape said the Ministry of Higher Education must scrutinize the list of those students awarded bursaries for enrolment into university because some parents used their positions to facilitate access to the facility meant to benefit the poor and the vulnerable. He said the inquiry should get rid of all those children whose parents and relatives took advantage of their positions at the expense of innocent hard working children from rural areas. “Under the circumstances, it is shameful, irresponsible and evil on the part of the Bursaries Committee if some of the children from well-to-do families have been offered bursaries, leaving out eligible and legitimate children from […]
