FORMER education minister David Mabumba says in terms of the teacher recruitment record, the PF recruited more teachers compared to MMD and UNIP. And Mabumba says it’s the Patriotic Front government which made the education sector attractive by regulating it, hence the mushrooming of colleges of education. Commenting on Education Minister Douglas Syakalima’s remarks that politics played a major role in the education sector during the reign of PF, Mabumba argued that it wasn’t the case during his time at the ministry. “My brother, statistical bulletin is there. You can go and check, and these are statistics from way back before I even joined politics. And what you should know is that the state is a continuous enterprise, those that...

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