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EDITORIAL: School titles a priority

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NLC and Ministry of Education should work hand-in-hand to quicken the titling of the schools without further delay. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The revelation that most of the public schools have no titles for the land on which they stand is simply appalling.

Official records show that slightly over 2000 public schools have titles against their total number of 27,000, decades after many of them were established.

The National Land Commission (NLC) must move with speed to ensure these titles processed and delivered as a bulwark against the hungry grabbers who have been targeting such institutions for personal enrichment.

It would of course require that some funds are allocated for the exercise because schools are currently restricted in terms of raising cash for any purpose apart from what is allocated by the government in support of free schooling.

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That means that the Treasury and Parliament have to rise to the occasion and put the money in the next Budget.

To effective issue the titles, the land will have to be surveyed because many schools have no idea where they exist on the map. It is an exercise that also demands a budget.

At the end of the day, the NLC and Ministry of Education should work hand-in-hand to quicken the titling of the schools without further delay.