FOLLOWING the Presidential directive to ensure that no child sits on the floor during classes, various councils across the country have embarked on procuring desks through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Over the years, learners, especially those in rural areas, have not had the privilege of comfortably sitting on proper desks as they attend classes. In the northern part of Zambia, some learners have had to endure long hours of sitting on broken chairs and desks, making the learning process which is supposed to be enjoyable, unbearable. This situation prompted the Kasama Municipal Council to deliberately spend about K16.9 million from the CDF to procure desks to be distributed to various schools across the district. In confirming the development, Kasama...