LUSHOTO MP Shaban
Shekilindi (CCM) has asked the government to finalise the completion of
laboratories constructed by citizens in different parts of the country.
The MP asked
Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and
Local Government) Selemani Jafo to say when the government would
finalise its construction.
"Lushoto residents
have set up laboratories on their own, but until now, the government has
yet to help them... When will the government help them finalise
construction?" he queried.
Responding, the
Deputy Minister Mwita Waitara said 138 laboratories were still under
construction through internal revenue sources obtained in Lushoto
District Council.
"The government, in
collaboration with citizens, has completed the construction of 13
laboratories in Lushoto District Council in the 2019/20 fiscal year."
Mr Waitara said the
district council was finalising the construction of laboratory rooms at
Mlongwema, Kwemalamba, Lukozi, Ngwelo and Shume secondary schools
through the Education Programme for Results (EP4R).
In his basic
question, Kondoa Urban MP Edwin Sanda said many laboratory buildings in
ward secondary schools were yet to be completed.
"Even where the
buildings have been completed, the government is yet to provide
laboratory equipment because we need more scientists as the country
envisions becoming an industrial economy. Therefore, I want to know,
when will these buildings be completed?" he queried.
Responding, Mr
Waitara said the government, in collaboration with citizens, and other
development partners had completed the construction of 5,801
laboratories for secondary schools.
He said the
government was equally in the process of completing laboratory buildings
through the central government's subsidies and internal revenue sources
in collaboration with citizens.
"In the 2019/20
fiscal year, Kondoa Town Council was given 8m/- so that it could be used
for a laboratory building at Bicha Secondary school," he said.
He added that the
government had procured and distributed laboratory equipment worth
19.13bn/- to 2,948 secondary schools where laboratory buildings had been
completed.
"The government
will continue improving laboratory rooms to help students aspiring to
pursue science subjects to lean practically and not theoretically only,"
he noted.
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