By Kondanani Chilimunthaka
Education Minister has commended Great Minds Bright Futures for supporting Malawi government in ensuring that inclusive and equitable education is accessible to learners in Dowa district.
Speaking when she received Chunzu Primary School which has been constructed by the organization in the area of TA Mkukula in Dowa, Wirima said the gesture by Great Minds Bright Futures stands a long way in improving education in the district and the country at large, describing it as an extraordinary.
Said Wirima; “Let me thank the Great Minds Bright Futures for this rare gesture of constructing and handing over a whole school. This school is being handed over at an opportune time when my Ministry is planning to increase number of classrooms to reduce pupil/teacher ratio.”
Wirima in her speech expressed optimism that the school which has 8 classrooms , headteacher’s office and sanitary facilities for both learners and teachers will go a long way in providing uninterrupted education services to communities around the areas.
She then said he Ministry under the leadership of President Lazarus Chakwera is committed to achieve the Malawi Agenda 2063 through Malawi Implementation Plan (MIP-1) which is emphasizing on ensuring that school-going-age children access compulsory basic education in safe and better environment among others.
The Minister has since commended the community for sending their children to school as evidenced by the enrollment, urging them to jealously guard the new infrastructure and all the property at the school against theft and vandalism to benefit generations to come.
Records at the school indicate that it has enrollment of 1,643 learners of which 840 are boys and 803 are girls with a total of 17 teachers.
In her remarks, Dowa South East Parliamentarian who is also Deputy Minister of Health, Halima Daudi said the donation has come at the right time when the old classes were not conducive for learning environment. She then concurred with the Minister of Education on the need to take a good care of the infrastructure.
On his part, Davie Armstrong, Founder of Great Minds Bright Futures expressed his excitement that the school has finally been handed over to government, saying his visit to the area in 2027 revealed the need that made him and his organization to respond by constructing the new look Chunzu Primary School.
