GENERAL Education Permanent Secretary Jobicks Kalumba says the printing of examinations papers outside the country is costing Government huge sums of money.

Dr Kalumba said the ministry was spending too much on facilitating the movement of officers charged with the responsibility of overseeing the printing of examinations papers outside the country.

Dr Kalumba said this when He featured on ZNBC Radio two.

Dr Kalumba noted that there was need to carry out reforms in the education sector that will allow the printing of examination papers locally.

The Permanent Secretary wondered why Grade seven, nine and 12 papers should be printed outside the country when the University of Zambia (UNZA) prints its examinations papers locally.

He called for building capacity of local printing companies so that they bid for printing of examination papers.

He said Government would serve a lot of money once the printing of examination papers is localised.

And commenting on the current school curriculum, Dr Kalumba said there was need to come up with a curriculum that responds to the needs of the people.

He lamented that the current curriculum did not respond to the needs of the country.

He said the country needed a curriculum that encouraged pupils to pursue subjects of their interests or strength.
-ZANIS