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Community bridges gap: new classroom block ends long trek to school in zvishavane story by courage bushethe masunda community in zvishavane has successfully completed the construction of a new classroom block at muwungani primary school, a development expected to ease the long distances children travel to access education.The project, entirely funded and implemented by local villagers, reflects the growing spirit of community-driven development inspired by president emmerson mnangagwa’s mantra, “nyika inovakwa nevene vayo/ilizwe lakhiwa ngabanikazi balo”, meaning a nation is built by its own people.One classroom block has already been completed, while construction of a second block is underway, signalling continued progress in improving rural education infrastructure.“building more schools will ease congestion and reduce the long distances learners walk to access education.
This is a delightful event and experience for the vengesa community, we are happy,” a villager said.“the community decided to build a primary school in the juta area to reduce the distance children were walking to the nearest facility in siboza, and we are delighted that the structure is complete,” another villager stated.“no more worries about how our little children in ecd and grade one will go to school in the rainy season.
We are covered now as we wait to pool other resources for the construction of other learning blocks,” a villager weighed in.The local leadership is confident that the school will play a pivotal role in enhancing learning standards in the district.“we are hopeful that by the mid-year next year, we will be done with two grades, meaning the school will open doors to all grade twos and threes from this area. We are happy with the progress, and it is our hope that this school will play a crucial role in uplifting the standards of learning in our district,” chief masunda said.Infrastructure development is a central pillar of the national development strategy one, hence the implementation of various projects encompassing schools, clinics and roads.
The masunda community in zvishavane has successfully completed the construction of a new classroom block at muwungani primary school, a development expected to ease the long distances children travel to access education. The project, entirely funded and implemented by local villagers, reflects the growing spirit of community-driven development inspired by president emmerson mnangagwa’s mantra, “nyika inovakwa nevene vayo/ilizwe lakhiwa ngabanikazi balo”, meaning a nation is built by its own people. One classroom block has already been completed, while construction of a second block is underway, signalling continued progress in improving rural education infrastructure. “building more schools will ease congestion and reduce the long distances learners walk to access education.
This is a delightful event and experience for the vengesa community, we are happy,” a villager said. “the community decided to build a primary school in the juta area to reduce the distance children were walking to the nearest facility in siboza, and we are delighted that the structure is complete,” another villager stated. “no more worries about how our little children in ecd and grade one will go to school in the rainy season. We are covered now as we wait to pool other resources for the construction of other learning blocks,” a villager weighed in. The local leadership is confident that the school will play a pivotal role in enhancing learning standards in the district.
“we are hopeful that by the mid-year next year, we will be done with two grades, meaning the school will open doors to all grade twos and threes from this area. We are happy with the progress, and it is our hope that this school will play a crucial role in uplifting the standards of learning in our district,” chief masunda said. Infrastructure development is a central pillar of the national development strategy one, hence the implementation of various projects encompassing schools, clinics and roads. Previous articlenust innovation hub sets benchmark for university-led economic developmentnext articlepsl clubs to vote on league expansion at november 19 egm source: zbc news
