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Mashonaland West Bureau
IN line with the call from President Mnangagwa for Zimbabweans to help develop their nation themselves, Sanyati legislator and Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Cde Polite Kambamura has since his election dedicated his time and resources to better the education system in his area.
His patriotic gesture saw him complement Government’s efforts of digitalising rural school through donating the latest laptops to over 20 schools in the constituency.
This is expected to lessen burden that the schools in remote areas have to bear when they register students for Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) exams.
With the examination body’s system now fully integrated through e-registration, schools in Sanyati that had no access applauded Cde Kambamura’s gesture.
For Rusvingo Primary School head Ms Sharai Rumbidzai, the timely donation of a brand-new Lenovo 7th generation laptop was a dream come true.
The school had an old model laptop whose battery had outlived its lifespan.
“We are grateful to Cde Kambamura for the laptop that he has donated to us. It is expected to go a long way in helping in e-registration and e-learning. As a school, we didn’t have a laptop for this and the donation is welcomed,” she said.
The school is also going to use the laptop for ICT-related lessons for demonstrating to pupils who have no access to gadgets at their own homes.
Cde Kambamura personally handed over the pricey gadgets to struggling schools including Madzivaenzou, Lozani, Mucheki, Gambiza, Mucheki, Chemaware, Nyaunde, Chehamba, Madzivaenzou, Jompani, Gadza, Rusvingo, Neuso and Hwaka Primary Schools.
He also donated a laptop to Hozheli Primary School in Ward 11, where he also bankrolled the construction of a state-of-the-art administration block.
Madzivaenzou Primary School development committee chairperson, Mr Gwirai Hove said the laptop that was donated to the school by Dr Kambamura would go a long way in supporting the ailing institution.
“We have over 330 pupils but since a few parents pay fees for their children, we were failing to raise the money needed to buy a laptop,” he said.
Chenjiri villager Mr Shepherd Karondora, whose child learns at Madzivaenzou, said due to decline in cotton production in the area, the school was finding it difficult to raise enough from fees to buy ICT gadgets, books and building material.
Addressing people at Rusvingo Primary School recently, Cde Kambamura said his gesture was in line with supporting President Mnangagwa Vision 2030.
“I am rallying behind President Mnangagwa’s call for us to help build our nation. As a local legislator, I have noticed that most schools in my area didn’t have laptops. I made it a point to procure them,” he said.
His gesture that spans close to five years now, is part of many projects that he has rolled out for schools in the area including building and renovating classroom blocks, teachers houses, ablution facilities, drilling boreholes and procuring of textbooks.
Online Reporter