By Aliko Munde

Chitipa, May 15, Mana: Traditional leaders surrounding Kavomolo Primary School in the area of Senior Chief Mwenewenya in Chitipa have applauded Governance to Enable Service Delivery (GESD) for funding a K30 million teacher's house construction project at the school.

In an interview on Wednesday in Chitipa, Group Village Head (GVH) Mwenenyimbiri said some teachers were walking long distances to and from the school due to shortage of teacher's houses at the institution.

He said that the teachers who were staying in rented houses were reporting for duties late thereby compromising their performance.

“Apart from easing the shortage of teacher's houses at the school, the house has also added beauty to the area,” Mwenenyimbiri said.

Head Teacher for the school, Peter Munkhondia thanked Chitipa District Council for constructing the teacher's house which was is a motivation to teachers.

“We have a shortage of teachers’ houses here but with the construction of this house we are motivated and teaching is now becoming exciting,” he observed.

Director of Education, Youth and Sports for Chitipa District Council, Clement Nyirenda said that one of the factors that was lacking in public institutions such as schools is accommodation.

“The Council and its partners are able to build school blocks, forgetting teachers’ houses and this makes it hard for us to deploy teachers to in rural areas,” he said.

Nyirenda said that if the council and partners continue building more houses, the issue of equitable distribution of teachers would be achieved.

GESD is funded by the World Bank, which is aimed at strengthening local authorities’ performance, responsiveness to citizens’ needs and management of resources for improved service delivery.