EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARN ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT IT MAYBE ENDING LOCKDOWN TOO EARLY
June 2nd, 2020
THE ZAMBIAN government’s plan to start reopening universities on July 1 has sparked serious concerns in among senior high education officials that the move is coming too early, and could see Covid-19 spread like wildfire amongst the student body and academics.
Dr Brian Mushimba, the higher education minister told UWN: “We are going ahead opening universities by July 1, it will be done in phases and manner based on the preparedness of universities,” he said, adding the government had given universities a month’s notice of its plans.
“It appears ...
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