General Education Minister Minister David Mabumba says pupils will not to pay tuition fees once classes resume

General Education Minister David Mabumba with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) Minister Ms. Dora Siliya

By Luswepo Mutepuka

General Education Minister David Mabumba says school user fees that paid before the end of term one should be carried through to term two as learners did not get any form of education mentorship in the stated period.

Mr. Mabumba, a Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament (MP) for Mwense in Luapula Province says when President Edgar Lungu announced the current closure of schools, only three weeks remained before the end of term one.

And Mr. Mabumba has announced that the Ministry is still consulting education sector technocrats and stakeholders on how the grade twelve General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examinations and Tertiary Examinations will be conducted in in view of the Coronavirus Disease (covid 19).

President Edgar Lungu with First Lady Esther Lungu, former First Lady Thandiwe Banda poses for a photograph with Pupils during the First Lady for a Day Mentorship Programme at State House on Tuesday, August 15,2017 -Pictures by THOMAS NSAMA