Communities brace for climate change impact
GOVERNMENT has confirmed that examinations will still take place despite the malpractice of leakages in various schools in the country.
Ministry of General Education spokesperson Nondo Chilonga said it is very expensive to prepare for examinations and it would be a waste of funds to cancel them.
Ms Chilonga admitted that there had been leakages during examinations but not to the extent that would result in their cancellation.
She said sources of the leakages were detected and the necessary measures were being put in place to curb the vice.
Ms Chilonga stated that a number of bodies are involved in preparing for examinations By SANDRA MACHIMA THE Government has welcomed initiatives intended to empower communities with skills to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources permanent secretary Trevor Kaunda said local communities had a role to play in finding sustainable solutions to the challenges posed by climate change.
Mr Kaunda was speaking during the ongoing 23rd Conference of Parties, COP23, and in connection with the work of Global Ecovillage Network, which has been working with local communities in Zambia.
And Zambia was represented by several NGOs including the Zambian government, and as such, high security will be at play.
“If any from these bodies is found guilty of distributing or leaking information on the examination questions, they will face disciplinary charges,” she to negotiate guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
“This is why we welcome the work done by Global Ecovillage Network in our local communities such as schools and villages where ordinary Zambians live and interact with their own environments,” he said.
At the ongoing COP23 in Germany, different NGOs were taking part sharing their various approaches to global efforts aimed at mitigating the said.
Ms Chilonga noted that the ministry had engaged other bodies to investigate the causes and how best the malpractice can be stopped.
She added that malpractice impact of climate change.
Mr Kaunda said the Scotland-based NGO had been working with several schools and villages in parts of Southern and Central provinces where local residents have been empowered in sustainable ways of interacting with their physical environment.
And Global Ecovillage Network executive director Kosha Joubert, said the community intervention program recognizes the role that ordinary people could play in mitigating the impact of climate is done on many levels and further advised other bodies to get involved socially from homes, churches and other social institutions in the fight against malpractices during exams. change.
The organisation said its approach also helped the Zambian government to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs that, among other things, seek to find lasing solutions to the challenges of Climate Change and food security.
In Zambia, GEN works with SCOPE Zambia, a localbased NGO in empowering local communities with skills that include sustainable food production and tree planting among other things.