By Memory Mundia | Project Coordinator
The percentage of out of school children in a country shows what proportion of children are not currently participating in the education system and who are, therefore, missing out on the benefits of school. In Zambia, 15% of children of official primary school ages are out of school , which also considers the proportion of children out of school by different characteristics wherever data is available.
Some of the reasons is due to poverty and luck of enough school classroom blocks, few teachers in the schools hence they turn away children. And Zambezi Sawmills is one of such a school. As the new school year starts in January 2018; Zambezi Sawmills community school just like any other school received a lot of applicants who want to start grade one next year; due to lack of classes it turned away some of the children. These children's ages fall between 6-10years.
African Impact has been pushing to finish of the classroom block to allow the school enroll more children. We have been holding fundraisers on ground. One of them been a throwback 90’s and so far on ground we have raised $98. Once this classroom is built it will help create more space and time for the students and the school as whole.
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