Fri, 06 Oct 2017 12:37:18 +0000 No pupil slept on the floor at Chongwe secondary school Dear Editor The letter written by a worried parent of Kafue headline “Pupils sleeping on the floor at Chongwe secondary school” and published in local newspaper cannot go without a comment. In the first place the parent alleged that his grade 12 son spent nights on the floor in the first week of opening due to shortage of mattresses which he claims were rented out to a named university for their residential school. The letter further went on to accuse the same university of charging exorbitant fees and yet fail to buy mattresses for its students. It is from this that I am compelled to write to your paper that the accusations are all false and there is no atom of truth in the letter. First, Chongwe secondary school has enough mattresses for every pupil in the boarding. If […]
