FOR the first time in its history, Ndeke Secondary School in Mazabuka Central now has a science laboratory, a facility that headteacher Robson Mweemba says will benefit over 1,000 pupils. Mweemba has praised government and the CDF committee for delivering the facility, describing it as a milestone for a school that has operated for years without a laboratory despite offering science subjects. However, while celebrating the development, Mweemba has bemoaned government’s delay in opening the laboratory, adding that the school is eager to use it. Speaking to News Diggers, Mweemba said the laboratory is very important under the new curriculum, as a number of pupils take science subjects. “A laboratory is very important in our new curriculum, and looking at...