Exam leakages reflects poor leadership under PF – HH
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Leaked Grade 9 maths exam paper
Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the leakages that have characterised the 2018 exams reflects the poor leadership Zambia currently has under the PF.
Commenting on the leakages, Hichilema has since called on the Ministry of Education to lift the suspension. He also observes that the education budget has been shrinking.
“Corruption which starts from the very top has permeated society including our education system, this is the price we are now paying,” states Hichilema commonly referred to as HH in a press statement below made available to Zambian Eye.
We have noted with sadness, the suspension of Grades 7, 9 and 12 examinations by the Ministry of Education which affects over one million pupils.
These leakages are a manifestation of a failed education system. The leakages would have been avoided had we invested in the education sector per SADC standard. The education budget has been shrinking. Corruption which starts from the very top has permeated society including our education system, this is the price we are now paying.
While we do not condone children involving themselves in malpractices, in turn resulting in a country full of citizens with no skills other than papers, we call on the Ministry of Education to hasten investigations and lift the examinations suspension.
This suspension should not have occurred if we had serious people running the affairs of our country with a heart for an educated population. They however do not value education and that is a known fact.
In the UPND, we value quality and not quantity, when it comes to education, this is why we say this failure to manage our education sector must not affect the innocent ones who have spent many months diligently revising for these important examination.
This government must take responsibility and immediately lift this suspension. The longer this suspension is in effect, the more it negatively impacts the academic calendar.
We are aware that our country has of late not been producing credible leaders because of the failing education system but we would like to assure the Nation of an educated population once in government whose quality will contribute to the economic development. If Liberia can have free education, Zambia could also do the same.
Hakainde Hichilema
UPND President.