Ms Tembo said at a Madison Insurance-sponsored child motivation ceremony in Lusaka that the school enrolment has gone up to 604 from 564 last year. While demand for adult literacy has also gone up with 124 scholars.
Ms Tembo said “the school lacks desks, text books and computers in the newly-established laboratory to cater for the rising demand for education in Ng’ombe community.”
The ceremony saw Patson Kaweme and Saviour Nkonde receive awards for scoring the highest at grade seven and nine, respectively.
However, Ms Tembo said despite the challenges, the school is still the most preferred in the community due to outstanding the performance it has recorded over the years. “We are doing exceptionally compared to some high profile schools,” she said.
And Madison General Insurance Company head of Public Relations Kelvin Mwale pledged to continue supporting the school because of the remarkable successes pupils have continued scoring.
The realisation of the awards ceremony acts as an inspiration to pupils to strive to get better results.
“Mr Headmaster, we are proud and encouraged that some of pupils you nurtured and produced from this school have progressed to different secondary schools and have continued to shine brightly in their education,” he said.
And Ceaser Sakala, a grade eight pupil called on other companies to emulate Madison General in ensuring pupils from community schools realise their dreams.
She said “this colourful ceremony is a reminder to many of us that the sky shouldn’t be the limit but we must work hard at school as a way of alleviating poverty in our community.”
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