Chinsali DEBS urges accountability in use of donor resources

Chinsali DEBS urges accountability in use of donor resources
By Thomas Nkanga in Chinsali
Tue 27 Oct. 2009, 04:00 CAT

CHINSALI District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) James Mwanza has called for accountability in the usage of donor resources received under the Public Private Partnership.

Mwanza told participants to a Campaign For the Girl Child in Education (CAMFED) two-day annual general meeting held at Chinsali Girls High School that donors were highly concerned at the manner their taxpayers money was being used saying there was need to instil the lost confidence.

Mwanza said beneficiaries should inculcate knowledge of hard work in female pupils who were receiving bursary schemes from Grade One up to tertiary levels from CAMFED saying the donors were very concerned at the poor results being reported.

He explained that CAMFED had continued to pour in financial resources to promote the education of the vulnerable female pupils in rural areas so that illiteracy was overcome.

Mwanza said the onus was on teachers to improve their teaching methods and standards.

Mwanza cited the recent Science camp sponsored by CAMFED held at Chinsali high school for girls in which 100 Grade 11 female pupils from Sioma girls in Shangombo and Luella from Milenge districts joined their friends in Chinsali to try and demystify the challenges paused to girl children who end up discouraged to take science and mathematics.

He said the science camp was an eye opener for many vulnerable female pupils who interacted with role models who have been sponsored by CAMFED to various levels of education using taxpayers money from donors.

Mwanza explained that CAMFED had gone a step further in constructing classroom blocks in selected schools and providing learning and teaching aids and other equipment such as computers.

He said the donors were receiving aid from Credit Suisse, aimed at uplifting the education standards of the underprivileged female children who had no financial support for school needs living in rural areas.

Mwanza urged participants to properly scrutinise their action plan and budget for 2010 so that as many vulnerable female children as possible in dire need of education support but have no resources are identified and assisted to acquire bursaries.