Cletus Mushanawani Mash Central Bureau
SIYALIMA Primary School in Guruve which recently received 20 computers from President Mnangagwa is still to utilise the gadgets due to lack of proper structures.

The computers are still housed in a storeroom and the School Development Committee is now appealing for funds to construct a classroom block that will include a computer laboratory.

In an interview on Tuesday, SDC chairman, Mr Edmore Bishi, said the learning environment at the school was not conducive as they were using makeshift structures as classrooms and offices.

The school, which has an enrolment of about 550 learners, received computers from President Mnangagwa in February this year.

“We are very grateful to the donation of computers made to our school by President Mnangagwa, but we are still to come up with a proper computer laboratory due to lack of resources.

“Our school is small and most parents struggle to pay the $12 school fees. We want to construct a classroom block that will also house the computer lab, but resources are our major challenge. Our ablution facilities also need upgrading as well as the headmaster’s office.

“Since our irrigation scheme, Siyalima is now a model one, we will be receiving many visitors and briefings have to be held at the school. We do not have decent structures to host dignitaries and if we construct a new block that will address this challenge.

“Our teachers’ accommodation need improvement and we want to thank the teachers at the school for their dedication to duty. They have endured tough conditions over the years, but they have been soldiering on. We have eight teachers at the school, with our Grade Three now having two classes,” said Mr Bishi.

He said the parents at the school were prepared to partner development partners in developing their school.

“If we get funding, we are prepared to assist in moulding bricks and provide labour in the construction of infrastructure at the school. Our hearts bleed to see children learning in makeshift structures.

“We also want to have university graduates being produced at Siyalima Primary School, but this will remain a dream if nothing is done to improve the learning environment,” he said.

Mr Bishi hailed NetOne for erecting a temporary base station near the school.

“There was no network connectivity in this area for a very long time. We want to thank NetOne for coming to our rescue. We are now linked with the global world. In the past, we used to climb on top of mountains to make phone calls. NetOne and Telecel are investing in the construction of a proper base station in the area.”

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