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Namibia: Zambia made education free, now classrooms are crammed – News

Namibia: Zambia made education free, now classrooms are crammed – News

Africa Links 24 with BBC
Published on 2024-07-15 09:16:59

It’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary school, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.

“You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago I came late and I ended up sitting on the floor – it was so cold.”

His discomfort encapsulates the problem of a lack of resources and overcrowding that has…

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