No early marriages, Pambashe parents warned
GOVERNMENT has warned of stern action against parents and guardians who force their children into early marriages.
Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development, Ronald Chitotela said Government through its relevant wings would ensure that parents and guardians who force children into early marriages are severely punished.
Mr Chitotela said this when he handed over two, one by three classroom blocks which had been built at a cost of K437,000.
The two classroom blocks and staff houses at Mishingo and Poosa Primary schools in Pambashe constituency, Kawambwa were built using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
Speaking during the handover ceremony of the two classroom blocks on Friday, Mr Chitotela who is Member of Parliament, said it was Government’s desire to see to it that education was taken to all the areas of Zambia.
He said Government remained determined to promote education in the country and will not allow parents to force their children into early marriages.
“Government has constructed schools in almost each district in the country and training teachers in order to educate the nation. We shall not tolerant parents who force their children into early marriages,” Mr Chitotela said.
He added, “President Lungu’s leadership and that of the Patriotic Front gets pleased to see to it that education is taken to all the areas of this country, hence the building of the one by three classroom block and the purchased desks and books.”
Mr Chitotela who donated desks and books to the two schools urged the school administration, residents and pupils to take care of the newly build infrastructure so that the generations to come could also benefit.
The minister also pledged to engage his counterpart from the Ministry of General Education, David Mabumba to tackle the shortage of teachers in the schools in his constituency.
Meanwhile, Kawambwa District Board Secretary (DEBS) Frank Malama has thanked Government for providing the district with infrastructural development.
Mr Malama thanked Government for the gesture and promised to make sure the classroom blocks were taken good care of by all stakeholders.
Mr Malama also said his office would ensure that adequate teachers were sent to all schools.
He said his office was aware that some schools had inadequate teachers.