CHIZONGWE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WINS DEBATE COMPETITION

Chizongwe Technical High School in Chipata district  in Eastern province last evening pocked US $5,000 after scooping the 2012 Schools Debate Competition.

This was after the Chizongwe debate team beat their opponent, Kasisi Girls’ Secondary School of Lusaka.

Kasisi Girls’ Secondary School came runners-up in the tournament and they were given 100 litres of Decotex paint.

This is according to the live programme beamed at the Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) television and monitored by ZANIS in Lusaka.

ZNBC Assistant Public Relations Officer, Mpunga Simukwae, who was the director of programmes, congratulated Chizongwe Technical High School for their splendid performance to win the prize.

“May l take this opportunity to thank the sponsors of this programme and also for making it a success. Great thanks goe to Chizongwe Technical High School for emerging the winner of 2012 Schools debate,” Mrs Simukwae.

Mrs Simukwae further said the competition had attracted a number of players and urged pupils to be pro-active in current affairs programmes in their respective school.

The debate competition was sponsored by Decotex, a local paint manufacturing firm, Exams-Made-Easy and ZNBC.

ZNBC Director General, Chibamba Kanyama, Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority, ZICTA and Decotex officials including the school authorities from the two learning institutions also attended the event and witnessed the prize-giving ceremony.

ZANIS