Zambia: Bishops Poke Holes in President Hichilema’s Free Education Policy

Lusaka — The implementation process of Zambia’s Free Education Policy for primary and secondary education, an election promise by President Hakainde Hichilema, has proved a bane in the management of grant-aided schools and other institutions in general, the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has said.

“Its implementation was rushed without preparing much-needed room and desk space for the overwhelming newly enrolled pupils. The number of teachers in schools has not changed much while…