By KETRA KALUNGAWe welcome the commitment by the government to provide free education to children but it’s not attainable with the low levels of funding to the sector which is at 11.5 percent especially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the teacher unions have said.Southern Province deputy permanent secretary, Kennedy Mubanga said during the 16 days of Child Rights activism that the government is committed to providing free education and other social-economic opportunities to all children across the country.But National Action for Quality Education (NAQEZ) executive director Aaron Chansa said free education is not practical until the government increases funding to the sector.Mr. Chansa said in an interview that with the low level of funding to the education sector, it’s not possible to provide quality free education because it comes at a cost.He said there is need for increased funding of at least 20 percent of the national budget to the education sector for the government […]
‘Free education not attainable with low funding’
