{"id":1690,"date":"2026-01-16T15:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:29:57","slug":"government-releases-k760-million-for-term-one-school-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=1690","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT RELEASES K760 MILLION FOR TERM ONE SCHOOL GRANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government\u00a0has released K760 million to all public and grant-aided schools\u00a0to support the implementation of the free education policy\u00a0for Term One of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued to ZANIS\u00a0by Ministry of Education\u00a0Principal Public Relations Officer, Clive Kalunga says that\u00a0the funds will be directed towards the supporting of classrooms, teaching and learning resources, and equitable access to quality education, particularly for disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kalunga added that the Ministry will maintain\u00a0vigilant\u00a0oversight to ensure efficient, transparent\u00a0and accountable\u00a0use of resources, tracking expenditure to sustain improved learning conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the release demonstrates the government&#8217;s commitment to strengthen education financing and ensure uninterrupted education services under President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis commitment aligns with our national priority of delivering\u00a0a\u00a0high-quality education and empowering every child to reach their full potential,\u201d Mr Kalunga said.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the Ministry\u2019s dedication to delivering the free education policy, sustaining learning outcomes and promoting equitable access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government\u00a0has released K760 million to all public and grant-aided schools\u00a0to support the implementation of the free education policy\u00a0for Term One of 2026. According to a statement issued to ZANIS\u00a0by Ministry of Education\u00a0Principal Public Relations Officer, Clive Kalunga says that\u00a0the funds will be directed towards the supporting of classrooms, teaching and learning resources, and equitable access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[35,26,25],"class_list":["post-1690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-local","tag-education","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}