Most schools, colleges are bankrupt – Kalaba

DEMOCRATIC Party president Harry Kalaba says government’s inability to give the right amount of grants in good time is putting learning institutions at risk and jeopardising education standards in the country. Commenting on government’s directive that schools and colleges should not send learners away in a bid to collect user fees, Kalaba said the decision was commendable but should be done while addressing the financial deformity learning institutions faced. He noted that most learning institutions were not self-sustainable because of not implementing the much-needed policy direction on projects such as the production unit. “The approach taken of not chasing pupils from schools and students from colleges is okay. However, if it is done without attending to the current financial deformity...