COPPERBELT Province Minister Emmanuel Kasambo has directed education authorities to redistribute teachers from overstaffed urban schools to understaffed rural institutions, warning that those who refuse lawful transfers will face disciplinary action. Ksambo has given the Provincial Permanent Secretary, Provincial Education Officer and District Education Board Secretaries (DEBS) a one-week deadline to conduct a comprehensive staffing assessment and provide information to facilitate the exercise. He said the imbalance in teacher distribution had been worsened by educators who were recruited and deployed to rural areas but later sought transfers to urban centres, leaving schools in remote communities struggling with shortages. Speaking during the Nsengele Kununka Traditional Ceremony of the Bulima people of the Lamba-speaking community under Chief Machiya in Mpongwe District yesterday,...