LUNGWANGWA1. INTRODUCTIONTHE global community ascended to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Among these goals is Sustainable Development Goal number 4 which requires that ALL CHILDREN MUST HAVE QUALITY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION by 2030. All countries, Zambia included, signed and embraced this goal. To rephrase SDG number 4 in country specific terms, it says that all children in primary and secondary schools in Zambia must have quality education by 2030. How this is to be achieved at country level is a matter of serious critical introspection. SDG number 4 calls for a higher depth of political commitment that should be given to education by government leaders in each country. Political commitment involves: the priority given to education in national development agenda, the resources allocated to it in the national budget, the reforms undertaken to ensure quality education for each child, the support accorded to school managers and the teachers, the necessary home and community sensitisation efforts […]
COVID-19 PANDEMIA AND THE LEARNING CRISIS IN SCHOOLS
