FORMER general education minister David Mabumba has backed calls by the National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) for the introduction of a national examination at grade four level. In an interview, Monday, Mabumba argued that children must be able to meet certain standards when they are transitioning into the upper primary. “The argument (grade 4 examinations), even when I was in the ministry, it was there and there was some consensus although it was not implemented. When we started the educational reforms, there were a number of things that we were focusing on, and because of the leakages that we had, our focus at that time was to strengthen the administration of examinations. We went further to introduce...