N/R: Six schools shut down in Chamba over violent rainstorm LISTEN
Some of the destroyed schools in Chamba
Six schools out of eight at Chamba in the Nanumba North Municipality of the Northern region, have been shut down indefinitely due rainstorm which destroyed school buildings in the area.
The rainstorm which occurred on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, destroyed roofings of various schools , damaging of learning materials and other valuables.
The Headteacher of the Chamba Primary (A), chief Nachempo Emmanuel told journalists that pupils of the various schools are currently stranded because their school buildings have been destroyed by the rainstorm.
“ All our books , chalks and other learning materials were destroyed and so we will be forced to close down the schools if we don t receive any help because there s no place for them to sit and learn, all the schools have been destroyed and we have no where to go.”