By TEDDY KUYELA
CHIKONDI Foundation president John Mambo has urged Government to immediately ban the sale of uniforms in Government schools.
Bishop Mambo says the sale of uniforms in Government schools is disadvantaging pupils from poor families.
He said Lusaka yesterday that sadly that some head teachers have made it mandatory for parents to buy uniforms from schools at inflated prices.
“It is sad that some schools are exploiting pupils through unscrupulous demands such as the sale of school uniforms at exorbitant prices.
“This should stop because some pupils from poor families are failing to buy the same uniforms because they cannot negotiate the price,” Bishop Mambo said.
He said Government should also stop tolerating teachers that are abusing parents who are struggling to even provide food for their families.
Bishop Mambo said Government should not allow the trend to continue and called on teachers to stop demanding payments from pupils seeking admission in their schools.
He also called on Government to thoroughly audit and take disciplinary action taken against erring school authorities.
Bishop Mambo also urged teachers to stop examination malpractices because doing so compromises education standards in the country.
“It is disappointing that a lot of teachers and pupils were caught last year with (exam) leakages,” the bishop said.
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