Education expenditure
Friday, February 14, 2020
Investing in education isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s smart economics” Yoka Brandt. Developed countries have since time immemorial ensured that they pump money into education. We have however, only recently got epiphanized.
In the recent past, we have seen large amounts of money being allocated to education in the national budget: 2017-P6.80 billion; 2018-P7.97 billion; 2019-P8.2 billion; 2020-P9.01 billion, totalling 31.98 billion!
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...