By SILUMESI MALUMOPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s government quest to provide loan schemes to private and public learning institutions will be a great honour to late First Republican President, Kenneth Kaunda’s legacy, Students for Edgar Lungu national coordinator Isaiah Mambwe has said.Mr Mambwe said at independence in October 1964, Zambians inherited an exceptionally weak education profile which was inadequate to meet the challenges of the post-colonial society.He said there were a few trade schools and no universities, but that things started changing under President Kaunda.“Through the great leadership provided by our late hero all the admitted Zambian students were put on government bursary which covered tuition, accommodation in the university halls of residences, book allowance which was deposited in the University bookshop,” Mr Mambwe said.Mr Mambwe said President Lungu and the PF government had demonstrated their quest to keeping this legacy and desire to uplift the lives of Zambian learners through construction of more public universities and […]
STUDENTS SALUTE LUNGU OVER LOAN SCHEME
