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Stephen Downes

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I'm sure this article is only one percent of the whole story, so I'm not going to draw too many conclusions from it, but it's interesting how this overtly positive story - schooling is now free in Zambia (what? it wasn't?) - is presented as a story with a bunch of negatives. And this: "experts say overcrowding is now threatening the quality of education, especially for low-income students." Such a ridiculous statement when you realize that what the low-income students were getting previously was nothing. What do you mean, it was "threatening the quality of education"? Here's the proper response: "This is a good problem," says Education Minister Douglas Syakalima. "I'd rather let the children be in a congested classroom than in the street."

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