By CHILA NAMAIKO –
CONSTRUCTION of the K32 million Niko Technical Girls High School by Government in Namwala District has been completed successfully.
Namwala only has two boarding schools namely, Namwala Secondary School and Kasenga Girls.
Niko Technical Girls High School is located in Chief Nalubamba’s area about 100 kilometres north-west of Choma, the provincial capital of Southern Province.
So far, Government has deployed 33 teachers to the school and most of the Grade nine girls who passed to Grade 10 in Namwala this year are being enrolled at the new school.
Namwala District Commissioner Gavia Nsanzya said the completion of the school project was a significant landmark for the people in the district.
He said yesterday that the school would help improve access to quality education for the girl-child.
“This is a landmark that the people of Namwala have received this year. This school project has successfully been completed by Government and it is now functioning well and many Grade 10 pupils are being enrolled,” he said.
He said Namwala was among rural districts in the province where Government was delivering massive developmental projects to uplift the living standards of the residents.
Mr Nasanzya said the residents were happy with the school because it would significantly improve access to quality education and reduce cases of early marriages among young girls.
